After Order X of the Principal Rules, the following Order is inserted:

ORDER XI – MISCELLANEOUS

Proper officer

1. For section 60(1)(b) of the Sentencing Act 1997 , the proper officer of the Supreme Court is the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar or a District Registrar.

W. J. E. Cox

Chief Justice

P. G. Underwood

Puisne Judge

E. C. Crawford

Puisne Judge

P. W. Slicer

Puisne Judge

P. E. Evans

Puisne Judge

A. M. Blow

Puisne Judge

Countersigned,

I. G. Ritchard

Registrar

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 20 November 2002

These Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the rule)

These Rules of Court amend the Criminal Rules by prescribing who is a proper officer of the Supreme Court for the purposes of section 60(1)(b) of the Sentencing Act 1997 .