23APractice notes

23A Practice notes

23A Practice notes

(1) Subject to the rules, the President may issue practice notes in relation to any matter with respect to which rules may be made.

(2) A practice note issued under this section—

(a) must be published in the Gazette, and

(b) takes effect on the day on which it is published in the Gazette or, if a later day or days are specified in the practice note for that purpose, on the later day or days so specified.

(3) A practice note issued under this section may be amended or repealed by a further practice note issued under this section.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), sections 40 and 41 of the Interpretation Act 1987 apply to a practice note issued under this section in the same way as they apply to a statutory rule.

(5) For the purpose of applying section 40 of the Interpretation Act 1987 to a practice note issued under this section, a reference in that section to the publication of a statutory rule is to be read as a reference to the publication of the practice note as provided by subsection (2).

s 23A: Ins 2009 No 13, Sch 2.2 [13].