Paragraph 2 Scope and objective
The rules in Parts 1 to 7 and the practice directions which supplement them provide the procedure for civil and criminal appeals to the Judicial Committee under its general appellate jurisdiction.
The rules in Parts 8 and 9 provide the procedure for appeals under two separate enactments—
the rule in Part 8 applies to appeals to the Judicial Committee under section 17 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966;
the rule in Part 9 applies to appeals to the Judicial Committee under section 1 of the Brunei (Appeals) Act 1989.
The rule in Part 10 applies to appeals against draft Pastoral Schemes and the rules in Part 11 provide the procedure where matters are referred under section 4 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833 to the Judicial Committee for the Committee to hear or consider and to give advice to His Majesty.
These Rules must be applied and interpreted with a view to securing that the Judicial Committee is accessible, fair and efficient and that unnecessary disputes over procedural matters are discouraged.