SCHEDULE 5 - Rules of the Supr SCHEDULE 5 - Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 amended

Rule 977

1.    Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 amended

(1) Parts I, III, V, VI, VII, VIII and XI of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 are rescinded.

(2) Part II of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from rule 38(1) "Order 70" and substituting " Division 2 of Part 34 of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 ";

(b) by omitting from rule 44(1) "Table C in Appendix M" and substituting "Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the Supreme Court Rules 2000 ".

(3) Part IV of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from rule 1(1) "Orders and rules contained in Part I, including rule 32 of Order 21" and substituting " Supreme Court Rules 2000 ";

(b) by omitting from rule 24 "Orders 18 and 20 of Part I" and substituting "Division 12 of Part 7 of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 ";

(c) by omitting from rule 31 "Order 24 of Part I" and substituting "Part 8 of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 ";

(d) by omitting rule 56 and substituting the following rule:

56.   Transfer of admiralty action

(1)  The Court or a judge may order that an admiralty action be transferred from one registry to another.

(2)  If an admiralty action is transferred to another registry, any document filed in that action is to be transferred to the other registry.