Federal Court Amendment Rules 2001 (No 4) (Cth)

Federal Court Amendment Rules 2001 (No. 4)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 3292

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

Dated 7 December 2001

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.A. MILES J.

D.M. RYAN J.

R.S. FRENCH J.

M.C. LEE J.

J.W. von DouSSA j.

D.G. HILL J.

M.F. O’LOUGHLIN J.

T.J. HIGGINS J.

D.P. DRUMMOND J.

R.E. COOPER J.

A.P. WHITLAM J.

C.J.S.M. CARR 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.

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.

M.A. STONE J.

J.L.B. ALLSOP J.

Judges of the Federal

Court of Australia

W.G. SODEN

Registrar

1Name of Rules

 These Rules are the Federal Court Amendment Rules 2001 (No. 4).

2Commencement

 These Rules commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Federal Court Rules

Schedule 1 amends the Federal Court Rules.

Schedule 1Amendments

(rule 3)

  

[1]Order 11, rule 7

substitute

7New fact or matter

 A party may plead a fact or matter that has occurred or arisen since the commencement of the proceeding.

[2]Order 13, subrule 2 (3)

omit

subrules (4), (5), (6) or (7)

insert

subrules (4), (5) or (6) or paragraph (7) (a)

[3]Order 13, subrule 2 (7)

substitute

• (7)

  An amendment may be made even if the effect of the amendment is to add a new claim for relief or foundation in law for a claim for relief (whether by way of substitution for an existing claim for relief or foundation in law or not) if the new claim for relief or foundation in law:

  • (a)

    arises out of the same facts or substantially the same facts as those already pleaded to support an existing claim for relief by the party applying for leave to make the amendment; or

  • (b)

    subject to subrule (9), arises, in whole or in part, out of facts or matters that have occurred or arisen since the commencement of the proceeding.

• (8)

  Subject to subrule (9), an amendment of a pleading may be made even if the amendment pleads a fact or matter that has occurred or arisen since the commencement of the proceeding.

• (9)

  Paragraph (7) (b) and subrule (8) do not permit an amendment that would have an effect inconsistent with any statute that limits the time within which an action or a proceeding of a particular kind may be brought or instituted.

[4]Order 13, after subrule 3 (2)

insert

• (3)

  Subject to subrule (4), an amendment may be made even if:

  • (a)

    the effect of the amendment is to add a new claim for relief or foundation in law for a claim for relief, whether by way of substitution for an existing claim for relief or foundation in law or not; or

  • (b)

    the amendment pleads a fact or matter that has occurred or arisen since the commencement of the proceeding.

• (4)

  Subrule (3) does not permit an amendment that would have an effect inconsistent with any statute that limits the time within which an action or a proceeding of a particular kind may be brought or instituted.

[5]Order 13, after rule 3

insert

3ADate when amendment takes effect

 Unless the Court otherwise orders, an amendment of a document that is made under rule 2 or 3 takes effect:

• (a)

  if the amendment is made under paragraph 2 (7) (b), subrule 2 (8) or subrule 3 (3) — on the date when the amendment is made; and

• (b)

  in any other case — on the date when the document was first filed.

[6]Order 13, subrule 5 (4)

omit

has

insert

had

[7]Order 72, Division 4, heading

omit

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 Nos. 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, 233, 235, 300 and 372; 2001 Nos. 20, 201 and 322.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette