COURT PROCEEDINGS: AMENDMENTS PROPOSED FOR INFORMATION ACCESS RULES
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10 October 2024
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Courts
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SA Legal Academy
The Rules Board for Courts of Law has called for input by 1 November 2024 on proposed amendments to the 2019 rules of procedure reflecting obligations under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000. This follows a comprehensive review, the outcome of which is a revised set of rules among other things:
- inserting definitions of certain words and phrases
- replacing ‘High Court Rules’ with ‘Uniform Rules of Court’
- affecting the use of a notice of motion
- affecting the content of an affidavit or affirmation
- inserting a rule to deal with condonation
- amending the rule on ex parte representation, and
- inserting a rule to regulate appeals.
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