Section 9 of the Act provides for the establishment of a secretariat to the Board which is to perform the work incidental to the performance by the Board of its functions. The secretariat provides secretarial and administrative support to the Board. The secretariat also conducts research into the rules of court. The Rules Board secretariat is located in the Branch: Legislative and Constitutional Development.
The Rules Board considers representations from users of the Rules for amendments of the Rules. A consultative process is followed before the Rules Board makes a decision to amend a Rule.
After the Rules Board approves the amendment of a particular rule, the amended rules are forwarded to the Minister for approval as required by section 6(1) of the Act. After the Minister approves the amendment, the amendment is published in the Government Gazette and thereafter tabled in parliament.
Since 2004, the Rules Board has approved amendments to a number of Rules which were forwarded to the Minister for her approval.
The Rules Board is currently considering a number of representations . |