(1) The rules and
forms in the Third Schedule until altered, added to or revoked by rules made
under this Act, shall regulate the practice and procedure to which they
relate.
(2) Except where
otherwise provided, the practice and rules and scales of fees heretofore in
force shall apply.
(3) The judges of the
Supreme Court may make and prescribe all such rules, forms and fees as may be
necessary or convenient to carry out the objects and purposes of this Act and
in particular but without prejudice to the foregoing power may by rules
—
(a)
alter, add to or revoke any of the rules or forms contained in the Third
Schedule or the Appendix to the Schedule or any fees prescribed and in force
at the coming into operation of the Administration Act Amendment Act 1954 ;
(b)
prescribe what part of the business which may be transacted and of the
jurisdiction which may be exercised by a judge in Chambers, may be transacted
or exercised by a registrar or other officer of the Court.
[Section 144 amended: No. 30 of 1954 s. 5; No. 57
of 1964 s. 13; No. 67 1979 s. 45.]
[ 145-148. Deleted: No. 80 of 1973 s. 3.]
[First Schedule omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).]
[Second Schedule deleted: No. 80 of 1973 s. 3.]
[Third Schedule deleted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 6(2).]