Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2021

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2021.

2Regulation amended

This part amends the Retail Shop Leases and Other Commercial Leases (COVID-19 Emergency Response) Regulation 2020.

3Amendment of s 50 (Definitions for part)

Section 50, definition ineligible lease, note, after ‘the commencement’—
insert—

of this regulation

4Amendment of s 51 (Application of s 5 for ineligible leases)

(1)Section 51(3), ‘For subsection (2)’—
omit, insert—

Without limiting subsection (2), for applying that subsection

(2)Section 51(3)(a), ‘during the’—
omit, insert—

during or after the

(3)Section 51(3), after ‘before the commencement’—
insert—

of the amending regulation

5Regulation amended

This part amends the Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) Regulation 2019.

6Amendment of s 9 (Financial hardship)

(1)Section 9—
insert—

(2A)Any information or documents included in the approved form, or attached to or given with the approved form, in support of the party’s application must be verified by statutory declaration.

(2)Section 9(7), ‘Subsection (6)’—
omit, insert—

Subsection (7)

(3)Section 9(2A) to (7)—
renumber as section 9(3) to (8).

7Rules amended

This part amends the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999.

8Amendment of r 378 (Amendment before request for trial date)

Rule 378—
insert—

Note—

See rule 470 in relation to the amendment of pleadings after the filing of the request for trial date.

9Omission of r 380 (Amendment after request for trial date)

Rule 380—
omit.

10Amendment of ch 13, pt 2, hdg (Setting trial dates)

Chapter 13, part 2, heading, after ‘dates’—
insert—

and related matters

11Omission of r 465 (Application of pt 2)

Rule 465—
omit.

12Replacement of r 470 (Leave required for steps after request for trial date)

Rule 470—
omit, insert—

470Leave required for steps after trial date requested or set

(1)This rule applies in relation to a proceeding if—

(a)a request for trial date has been filed; or

(b)a trial date has been set without a request for trial date having been filed.

(2)A party may do the following only with the court’s leave—

(a)amend a pleading;

(b)request particulars;

(c)make an application in the proceeding.