Criminal Rules 2006
3BNotice of instruction to act
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3B Notice of instruction to act
[Rule 3B Amended by S.R. 2008, No. 155, Applied:31 Dec 2008] [Rule 3B Inserted by S.R. 2008, No. 1, Applied:01 Feb 2008] A legal practitioner, or a law practice, who is instructed or briefed to act for a defendant who is the subject of a committal order, must –
(a) file a notice in writing of that fact; and
(b) deliver a copy of the notice to the relevant Director –
within 7 days of the committal order or, where instructions or the brief to act have been received after the making of the committal order, within 7 days after receipt of such instructions or brief.