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SUPREME COURT RULES 1987
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7 Confidentiality
Subject to compulsion of law, an interpreter must keep confidential
any information in any form that the interpreter acquires in the
course of the interpreter's engagement or appointment as an
interpreter (including any communication subject to client legal
privilege), unless:
(a) that information is, or comes into, the public domain other than
by an act of the interpreter in breach of this duty of
confidentiality; or
(b) the beneficiary of the client legal privilege has waived that
privilege.
Supreme Court Rules 1987 437
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Refer Volume 1 of Laws of the Northern Territory 1987
Notified –
Commenced 1 November 1987 (r 2)
Supreme Court (Probate and Administration) Rules (SL No. 44, 1987)
Notified 29 October 1987
Commenced 1 November 1987 (r 2)
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 1, 1988)
Notified 27 January 1988
Commenced 1 February 1988 (r 1)
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 34, 1988)
Notified 1 July 1988
Commenced 1 July 1988
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 35, 1988)
Notified 3 August 1988
Commenced 3 August 1988
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 56, 1988)
Notified 30 December 1988
Commenced 1 January 1989 (r 1)
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 4, 1990)
Notified 14 March 1990
Commenced 14 March 1990
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 20, 1990)
Notified 15 August 1990
Commenced 1 July 1990 (r 1)
Supreme Court Rules 1987 438
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 40, 1990)
Notified 4 October 1990
Commenced 1 October 1990 (r 1)
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 71, 1991)
Notified 16 December 1991
Commenced 16 December 1991
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 74, 1992)
Notified 13 January 1993
Commenced 13 January 1993
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 23, 1993)
Notified 8 September 1993
Commenced 8 September 1993
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 84, 1993)
Assent date 31 December 1993
Commenced 1 June 1994 (s 2, s 2 Local Government Act 1993 (Act No. 83,
1993) and Gaz S35, 20 May 1994)
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 21, 1994)
Notified 13 July 1994
Commenced 13 July 1994
Amendment of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 27, 1996)
Notified 1 July 1996
Commenced 1 July 1996
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996
(Act No. 27, 1996)
Assent date 28 June 1996
Commenced 1 January 1997 (s 2, s 2 Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registration Act 1996 (Act No. 26, 1996) and Gaz G49,
4 December 1996, p 5)
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 11, 1998)
Notified 1 June 1998
Commenced 1 June 1998
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 21, 2000)
Notified 2 May 2000
Commenced 2 May 2000
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 22, 2000)
Notified 2 May 2000
Commenced 2 May 2000
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 50, 2000)
Notified 18 October 2000
Commenced 18 October 2000
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 52, 2000)
Notified 8 November 2000
Commenced 8 November 2000
Supreme Court Rules 1987 439
Land Title (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000 (Act No. 45, 2000)
Assent date 12 September 2000
Commenced 1 December 2000 (s 2, s 2 Land Title Act 2000 (Act No. 2,
2000) and Gaz G38, 27 September 2000, p 2)
Amendment to the Supreme Court Rules 2001 (SL No. 2, 2001)
Notified 28 February 2001
Commenced 28 February 2001
Statute Law Revision Act 2001 (Act No. 3, 2001)
Assent date 22 March 2001
Commenced 22 March 2001
Corporations Reform (Consequential Amendments NT) Act 2001 (Act No. 17, 2001)
Assent date 29 June 2001
Commenced 15 July 2001 (s 2, s 2 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth Act No. 50,
2001) and Cth Gaz S285, 13 July 2001)
Amendment of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 8, 2002)
Notified 24 April 2002
Commenced 24 April 2002
Amendment of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 13, 2002)
Notified 8 May 2002
Commenced 8 May 2002
Statute Law Revision (Financial Provisions) Act 2002 (Act No. 38, 2002)
Assent date 13 September 2002
Commenced 30 October 2002 (Gaz G43, 30 October 2002, p 3)
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 61, 2002)
Notified 18 December 2002
Commenced 18 December 2002
Amendment of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 13, 2003)
Notified 26 March 2003
Commenced 26 March 2003
Amendment of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 34, 2003)
Notified 18 June 2003
Commenced 18 June 2003
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2003 (Act No. 44, 2003)
Assent date 7 July 2003
Commenced 7 July 2003
Amendments of the Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 47, 2003)
Notified 17 September 2003
Commenced 17 September 2003
Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2003 (Act No. 1, 2004)
Assent date 7 January 2004
Commenced 17 March 2004 (Gaz G11, 17 March 2004, p 8)
Supreme Court Rules 1987 440
Amendments of Supreme Court Rules (SL No. 32, 2004)
Notified 22 September 2004
Commenced 22 September 2004
Supreme Court Amendment (Registration of Foreign Judgments) Rules 2005 (SL No. 14,
2005)
Notified 1 June 2005
Commenced 1 June 2005
Youth Justice (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005 (Act No. 33, 2005)
Assent date 22 September 2005
Commenced 1 August 2006 (s 2, s 2 Youth Justice Act 2005 (Act No. 32,
2006) and Gaz G30, 26 July 2006, p 3)
Supreme Court Amendment (Sexual Offences Evidence) Rules 2005 (SL No. 52, 2005)
Notified 25 January 2006
Commenced 25 January 2006
Supreme Court Amendment (Subpoenas) Rules 2006 (SL No. 28, 2006)
Notified 2 August 2006
Commenced 2 August 2006
Evidence and Other Legislation (Witness Assistance) Amendment Act 2006 (Act No. 32,
2006)
Assent date 3 November 2006
Commenced 3 November 2006
Supreme Court Amendment (Freezing and Search) Rules 2006 (SL No. 50, 2006)
Notified 10 January 2007
Commenced 10 January 2007
Supreme Court Amendment (Subpoenas) Rules (No. 2) 2006 (SL No. 51, 2006)
Notified 10 January 2007
Commenced 10 January 2007
Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (Act No. 4, 2007)
Assent date 8 March 2007
Commenced 8 March 2007
Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (Act No. 5, 2007)
Assent date 24 April 2007
Commenced s 37 (except amd of Criminal Code and Legal Profession
Act 2006): 1 May 2007 (s 2(1), s 2 Victims of Crime Assistance
Act 2006 (Act No. 15, 2006) and Gaz G17, 26 April 2007, p 7);
rem: 24 April 2007
Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2007 (Act No. 7, 2007)
Assent date 17 May 2007
Commenced s 10: 1 July 2007 (Gaz G26, 27 June 2007, p 3);
rem: 17 May 2007
Supreme Court Amendment (Proceedings Relating to Lawyers) Rules 2007 (SL No. 16,
2007)
Notified 25 July 2007
Commenced 25 July 2007
Supreme Court Rules 1987 441
Supreme Court Amendment (Leave to Appeal) Rules 2007 (SL No. 35, 2007)
Notified 28 November 2007
Commenced 28 November 2007
Law Reform (Work Health) Amendment Act 2007 (Act No. 30, 2007)
Assent date 12 December 2007
Commenced 1 July 2008 (Gaz S29, 25 June 2008)
Care and Protection of Chilren Act 2007 (Act No. 37, 2007)
Assent date 12 December 2007
Commenced Ch 1 and pts 3.3 and 5.1: 7 May 2008 (Gaz G18, 7 May 2008,
p 4); Ch 2 (exc pt 2.1, div 6 and s 127), Ch 3, pts 3.1 and 3.2
(exc s 187) and Ch 5, pts 5.2 to 5.6: 8 December 2008 (Gaz
G47, 26 November 2008, p 6); Ch 4: 9 June 2009 (Gaz S27,
1 June 2009); Ch 2, pt 2.1, div 6: 18 August 2010 (Gaz S43,