Section 153 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Power to prescribe procedure on applications to High Court, Court of Appeal, or Supreme Court
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153 Power to prescribe procedure on applications to High Court, Court of Appeal, or Supreme Court (1) Despite anything to the contrary in any Act, rules may be made under section 148 prescribing the form and manner in which any class or classes of applications to the High Court or a High Court Judge or to the Court of Appeal or to the Supreme Court are to be made. (2) To the extent that the provisions of any Act prescribing the form or manner in which any of those applications are to be made (whether by petition, motion, summons, or otherwise) are inconsistent with or repugnant to rules made or having effect under this Act, the Act prescribing that form or manner is deemed to be subject to the rules made or having effect under this Act. Compare: 1908 No 89 s 51E
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