"barrister" has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)
.
"solicitor" has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW)
.
(3) A person appointed shall hold office for the time specified in the
appointment but may resign by instrument in writing addressed to the Chief
Justice.
(4) At a meeting of the Rule Committee the chairman shall be--
(a)
the Chief Justice, if the Chief Justice is present,
(b) if the Chief Justice
is not present but the President of the Court of Appeal is a member of the
Rule Committee and is present, the President of the Court of Appeal, or
(c)
in the absence of the Chief Justice and the President of the Court of Appeal,
one of the members present, chosen by the meeting.
(5) In case of equality of
voting, the chairman shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.
(6)
Any four members of the Rule Committee shall constitute a quorum.
(7) There
shall be a secretary of the Rule Committee who shall be a person approved by
the Chief Justice.
(8) Subject to this section, the Rule Committee may
regulate its own procedure.
(9) The Rule Committee may, if it thinks fit,
transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all the
members of the Rule Committee for the time being, and a resolution in writing
approved in writing by a majority of those members is to be taken to be a
decision of the Rule Committee.
(10) A person who, as a purported member,
attended a meeting of the Rule Committee held on or after 1 July 2005 and
before 1 July 2007 is taken to have been a duly appointed member of the Rule
Committee during that time and accordingly any rule that was purportedly made
by the Rule Committee during that time is taken to have been duly made.
