Before rule 13 of the Principal Rules , the following rule is inserted in Part 4:

12A.     Order that status conference be held

(1)  A Crown counsel or the accused person may apply to a judge for an order that a status conference be held.

(2)  After hearing the application, the judge may order that a status conference be held –

(a) on a day and at a time specified in the order; and

(b) before a specified judge.

(3)  A judge may order that a status conference be held without an application being made.

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 (Case Management) Rules 2001 by permitting the parties to apply for, or the judge to order, a status conference to be held.