186Establishment of district registries

### 186 Establishment of district registries > > (1)  [*\[Section 186 Subsection (1) amended by No. 13 of 2012, s. 58, Applied:01 Dec 2012\]*](/view/html/inforce/2012-12-01/act-2012-013#GS58@EN) The Governor, on the recommendation of the judges of the Supreme Court, or a majority of them (of whom the Chief Justice shall be one), may, by order-in-council, establish district registries at such places as shall be in such order mentioned for districts to be thereby defined, from or in which writs of summons, statements of claim, and any other process prescribed for the commencement of actions in the Supreme Court, and informations, writs, summonses, petitions, citations, and any other process whatsoever, may be issued or filed, and in which such proceedings may be taken and recorded as are in this Part mentioned, and the Governor may thereby appoint that any officer of the Court or registrar of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) or of any other inferior court, or any other person, shall be a district registrar of the Supreme Court for such district for the purpose of issuing or filing any such process as aforesaid and having such proceedings taken before him as are in this Part mentioned. > > > (2)  The Governor may at any time rescind and revoke any such order-in-council establishing a district registry. > > > (3)  The Governor may, by any such order-in-council, establish any such district registry for particular purposes only, or may thereby direct that certain proceedings only may be taken and recorded therein, and such proceedings may or may not include the issue or filing of writs of summons, statements of claim, or any other process prescribed for the commencement of actions or any other process. > > > (4)  *\[Section 186 Subsection (4) amended by No. 40 of 1959, s. 4 \]*While there is any district registry the registry of the Court at Hobart shall be known as the Principal Registry, and the Registrar of the Supreme Court shall be the registrar thereat.