New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 78

78 Rules of court

(1) The power of a person or body to make rules of court includes power to make rules of court for the purposes of any Act or statutory rule that permits or requires any thing to be done by or in accordance with rules of court.

(2) If an Act or statutory rule--

(a) confers any jurisdiction on a court or tribunal, or

(b) extends or varies the jurisdiction of a court or tribunal,

the person or body having power to make rules or orders regulating the practice and procedure of the court or tribunal may make rules or orders (including rules or orders with respect to costs) regulating the practice and procedure of the court or tribunal in the exercise of the jurisdiction so conferred, extended or varied.