SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 155

SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 155

155 .         Registrars and other officers

        (1)         There shall be appointed under and subject to Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , a Principal Registrar, a Court of Appeal Registrar, and such registrars and other officers as may be necessary for the administration of justice and the execution of all the powers and authorities of the Court.

        (2)         The registrars shall be the taxing officers of the Court, and shall perform such other duties as may be conferred upon them by or under this or any other Act.

        (3)         In relation to appeals, applications, causes, matters or proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal —

            (a)         the Court of Appeal Registrar or a registrar directed under subsection (4) shall have all the duties, including the taxation of costs, that are conferred on registrars under this or any other Act or on the Court of Appeal Registrar by rules of court; and

            (b)         a reference to the Principal Registrar or a registrar is to be taken to be a reference to the Court of Appeal Registrar or a registrar directed under subsection (4), unless the context requires otherwise.

        (4)         If the Chief Justice and the President agree that the Court of Appeal Registrar’s workload justifies doing so, the Chief Justice may direct a registrar to temporarily assist the Court of Appeal Registrar to perform the functions of that office.

        [Section 155 inserted: No. 67 of 1979 s. 16; amended: No. 3 of 1982 s. 7; No. 32 of 1994 s. 3(2); No. 27 of 2000 s. 19; No. 45 of 2004 s. 25; No. 5 of 2008 s. 119.]