59Prescribed form of case direction notice

59 Prescribed form of case direction notice

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of section 119(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009, the prescribed form of a case direction notice is Form 32.

(2) For the purposes of section 119(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009, the prescribed form of a case direction notice for any of the following proceedings is Form 32A—

(a) a proceeding that relates (wholly or partly) to a charge for—

(i) a sexual offence; or

(ii) a family violence offence; or

(iii) an offence against section 21A(1) of the Crimes Act 1958 (stalking);

(b) a proceeding in which Part 4.6A of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 requires the Court to commit the accused for trial in the Supreme Court.

See also Rule 59A which prescribes the form of notice of the issues arising in the committal proceeding that are to be addressed at the committal case conference (Form 32B).

Rule 59A inserted by S.R. No. 133/2025 rule 6.