Federal Court Amendment Rules 2000 (No 5) (Cth)

Federal Court Amendment Rules 2000 (No. 5)

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 235

We, Judges of the Federal Court of Australia, make the following Rules of Court under the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.

Dated 18 August 2000

M.E.J. BLACK C.J.

B.A. BEAUMONT J.

M.R. WILCOX J.

J.E.J. SPENDER J.

p.r.a. gray j.

j.c.s. burchett j.

J.A. MILES J.

D.M. RYAN J.

R.S. FRENCH J.

M.R. EINFELD J.

M.c. lee j.

J.W. von DOUSSA J.

D.G. HILL J.

M.F. O’LOUGHLIN J.

D.F. O’CONNOR J.

T.J. HIGGINS J.

P.C. HEEREY J.

D.P. DRUMMOND J.

R.E. COOPER J.

A.P. WHITLAM J.

M.F. MOORE J.

C.M. BRANSON J.

K.E. LINDGREN J.

B.J.M. TAMBERLIN J.

R. SACKVILLE J.

S.M. KIEFEL J.

R.D. NICHOLSON J.

P.D. FINN J.

R.A. SUNDBERG J.

S.R. MARSHALL J.

J.R.F. LEHANE J.

A.M. NORTH J.

R.N. MADGWICK J.

R. MERKEL J.

J.R. MANSFIELD J.

A.H. GOLDBERG J.

A.R. EMMETT J.

R.A. FINKELSTEIN J.

M.S. WEINBERG J.

J.A. DOWSETT J.

L.S. KATZ J.

P.G. HELY J.

S.C. KENNY J.

R.V. GYLES J.

R.A. CONTI J.

Judges of the Federal

Court of Australia

W.G. SODEN

Registrar

Federal Court Amendment Rules 2000 (No. 5)1

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 2352

made under the

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

   

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1Name of Rules

 These Rules are the Federal Court Amendment Rules 2000 (No. 5).

2Commencement

 These Rules commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Federal Court Rules

Schedule 1 amends the Federal Court Rules.

Schedule 1Amendments

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(rule 3)

[1]Order 51A, after rule 2

insert

2AConduct of proceedings remitted by High Court to the Court

 The other Orders of these Rules apply, so far are they are relevant and not inconsistent with this Order, to a proceeding that involves a matter, or part of a matter, remitted by the High Court to the Court.

[2]Order 51A, after rule 4

insert

5Remittal of application for order nisi

• (1)

  Subject to subrule (2), when the Court or a Judge hears an application remitted by the High Court for an order nisi for a prerogative writ, the Court or Judge:

  • (a)

    will at the same time hear the parties on whether, if the order nisi were made, it should be made absolute; and

  • (b)

    if satisfied that an order absolute should be made, will not make the order nisi, but will proceed directly to make the order absolute.

• (2)

  In a particular case, the Court or Judge may order that subrule (1), or any part of it, does not apply.

Notes

1. These Rules amend Statutory Rules 1979 No. 140, as amended by 1980 No. 87; 1982 Nos. 217 and 408; 1983 No. 264; 1984 Nos. 9 and 258; 1985 Nos. 16, 97, 168 and 227; 1986 Nos. 61, 157 and 324; 1987 Nos. 73, 174 and 197; 1988 Nos. 14, 54, 144, 217 and 306; 1989 Nos. 50, 253 and 318; 1990 Nos. 72, 102, 276, 319, 414 and 453; 1991 Nos. 70, 249, 395 and 461; 1992 Nos. 43, 44, 86, 87, 186, 330, 421 and 453; 1993 No. 40, 45, 137. 225 and 290; 1994 Nos. 63, 130, 224, 279, 332 and 463; 1995 Nos. 31, 46, 239 and 449; 1996 Nos. 29 and 308; 1997 Nos. 82, 87, 143, 174, 204, 277 and 425; 1998 Nos. 224, 297 and 323; 1999 Nos. 15, 70, 94, 194, 232, 295, 296 and 360; 2000 Nos. 53, 54, 189 and 233.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 August 2000.