Amendment No. 3 of 2021

The amendments concern proceedings under the Protection from Harassment Act and the filing of documents in matters before the Community Courts and Tribunals Cluster including electronic filing on the Community Justice and Tribunals System. With effect from 1 June 2021, the State Courts Practice Directions will be amended —

1. by deleting the existing Practice Direction 133 (Checklists) and replacing it with the following practice direction;
   New Practice Direction 133
2. by inserting, immediately after Practice Direction 145, the following new Part XXIV (consisting of the new Practice Direction 146); and
   New Part XXIV
3. by inserting, immediately after the new Practice Direction 146, the following new Part XXV (consisting of the new Practice Directions 147 and 148).
   New Part XXV

The Protection from Harassment Court is established under the Protection from Harassment Act (Cap 256, 2015 Rev Ed) (“the Act”) with effect from 1 June 2021. The new Practice Direction 133 introduces Form 100, a checklist which the prosecution must complete and tender in soft copy on the Integrated Case Management System where a charge includes one under the Act. The new Part XXIV (consisting of the new Practice Direction 146) prescribes the appropriate Forms that are to be used for the purposes of simplified proceedings under the Supreme Court of Judicature (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2021.

The new Part XXV (consisting of the new Practice Directions 147 and 148) designates the electronic filing and case management system for matters before the Community Courts and Tribunals Cluster (comprising the Small Claims Tribunals, Employment Claims Tribunals, Community Disputes Resolution Tribunals, and the Protection from
Harassment Court), and the practice to be followed in relation to filing of documents generally.