Delegations

Delegations to the Registrar, Court of Appeal

Pursuant to s 13 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005, I direct that the Registrar of the Court of Appeal (including a person acting as the registrar) may exercise the functions of the Court as stated in the schedule to this direction.

A S Bell

Chief Justice of New South Wales

28 November 2022

Schedule

The functions of the Court as provided for in Column 1 but subject to the restriction (if any) mentioned in Column 3.

The matter in Column 2 is inserted for convenience of reference only and does not affect the operation of the direction.

Civil Procedure Act 2005

Section	Description	Restriction
Section 67	Stay of proceedings	Limited to staying the decision below or the proceedings under the decision until the first available hearing before a judge

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

Section	Description	Restriction
Rule 1.21	Extension and abridgment of time	Restricted to constitutional notices
Rule 12.7(1)	Dismissal of proceedings for want of due despatch	Provided at least one month's notice of the proposal to make such an order has been given to the plaintiff
Rule 13.4	Frivolous and vexatious proceedings	Incompetent proceedings
Rule 51.4(3)	Addition or removal of party
Rule 51.5(1)	Leave to take step without entering appearance
Rule 51.6	Extension of time
Rule 51.9(1)(b)	Extension of time
Rule 51.10(2)	Extension of time
Rule 51.11(2)	Extension of time
Rule 51.16(1)	Extension of time
Rule 51.16(2)	Extension of time
Rule 51.17(2)	Extension of time
Rule 51.17(3)	Extension of time
Rule 51.20(2)	Specify return day for notice of appeal
Rule 51.21	Alteration of return day
Rule 51.25(1)	Directions for preparation of appeal book
Rule 51.31(2)	Leave to amend appeal book
Rule 51.33(1)	Timetable for orange book
Rule 51.34(3)	Amendment of submissions
Rule 51.39	Use of White Folder
Rule 51.41(1)	Objection to competency
Rule 51.41(2)	Costs on incompetency
Rule 51.44	Stay decision below or the proceedings under the decision until the first available hearing before a judge
Rule 51.50	Security for costs
Rule 51.51(2)	Return day for motion
Rule 51.51(5)	Directions for filing evidence
Rule 51.51(6)	Directions for filing affidavits
Rule 51.57(1)	Directions for hearing in fixed vacation
Rule 51.61	Evidence in support of motion

Supreme Court Act 1970

Section	Description	Restriction
Section 51(1) and (2)	Removal and remission

Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010

Section	Description	Restriction
Section 10	Interim orders	By consent of the parties or expressly unopposed until the first available hearing before a judge

Last updated:

26 Mar 2024