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# SCHEDULE 5 - Rules of the Supr SCHEDULE 5 - Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 amended [Rule 977](#GS977@EN) > **1.    **[Rules of the Supreme Court 1965](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999) amended**** > > > > (1) [Parts I, III, V, VI, VII, VIII and XI of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999#) [Rules of the Supreme Court 1965](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999) are rescinded. > > > > > (2) Part II of the [Rules of the Supreme Court 1965](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999) is amended as follows: > > > > > > > > (a) by omitting from rule 38(1) "Order 70" and substituting " [Division 2 of Part 34 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008#) [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) "; > > > > > > > > > (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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) ". > > > > > (3) Part IV of the [Rules of the Supreme Court 1965](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999) 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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) "; > > > > > > > > > (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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) "; > > > > > > > > > (c) by omitting from rule 31 "Order 24 of Part I" and substituting "Part 8 of the [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) "; > > > > > > > > > (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. > > > > > > > > > (e) by omitting from the opening words to Appendix Q "Appendices to Part I" and substituting " [Supreme Court Forms Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) ". > > > > > (4) Part IX of the [Rules of the Supreme Court 1965](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999) is amended as follows: > > > > > > > > (a) by omitting from rule 2 "Schedule 1 to the [Civil Process Rules 1985](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1985-212) " and substituting "the [Supreme Court Forms Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-026) "; > > > > > > > > > (b) by omitting subrule (4) of rule 3 and substituting the following subrule: > > > > > > > > > > > > (4)  [Rule 10 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008#) [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) applies, with any necessary modifications, to proceedings under the Act. > > > > > > > > > (c) by omitting from rule 6(4) "Division I of Order 76 of Part I of these rules" and substituting " [Division 1 of Part 27 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008#) [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) "; > > > > > > > > > (d) by omitting from rule 10(2) "Form 3 of Part II of Appendix B to Part I to these rules" and substituting "the appropriate form in the [Supreme Court Forms Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) ". > > > > > (5) Part XII of the [Rules of the Supreme Court 1965](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999) is amended as follows: > > > > > > > > (a) by omitting from rule 2(1)(b) "in Appendix L" and substituting "in Schedule 2 to the [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) "; > > > > > > > > > (b) by omitting from rule 9 "Order 9 of Part 1" and substituting " [Division 9 of Part 7 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008#) [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) ". > > > > > (6) Part XIII of the [Rules of the Supreme Court 1965](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999) is amended by omitting from rule 3(a) " [Civil Process Rules 1985](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1985-212) " and substituting " [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) ". > > > > > (7) [*\[Part 4 of Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 2009, No. 74, Applied:15 Jul 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-07-15/sr-2009-074#GS15@Hpc@EN) [*\[Part 4 of Schedule 1 Amended by S.R. 2009, No. 74, Applied:15 Jul 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-07-15/sr-2009-074#GS15@Hpd@EN) [*\[Schedule 5 Amended by S.R. 2009, No. 74, Applied:15 Jul 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-07-15/sr-2009-074#GS17@EN) Part X of the [Rules of the Supreme Court 1965](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1965-999) is rescinded. W. J. E. COX Chief Justice P. G. UNDERWOOD Puisne Judge E. C. CRAWFORD Puisne Judge P. E. EVANS Puisne Judge Countersigned, I. G. RITCHARD Registrar Displayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*. Notified in the *Gazette* on 15 March 2000 These Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.