New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL COURT ACT 2007 - SECT 72

72 Forms

(cf CPA, section 17; LCA 1982, section 40)

(1) The Chief Magistrate:

(a) may approve forms for documents to be used in connection with application proceedings, and

(b) in the case of documents filed with the Court, or issued by the Court, by means of an ECM system within the meaning of the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 , may approve the format in which such documents are to be filed or issued.

(2) Copies of the approved forms are to be made available for public inspection at each registry of the Court and on the Court's internet website.

(3) If a form is approved in relation to a document to be used in connection with proceedings in the Court, a document that is filed with or issued by the Court is to be in that form.

(4) An application notice must do the following:

(a) describe the grounds for the proceedings and the remedy sought,

(b) contain the name of the applicant,

(c) require the respondent to appear before the Court or a Magistrate at a specified date, time and place.

(5) The rules may prescribe additional matters to be included in application notices.