Federal Court Rules (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1993

No. 290 1

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Federal Court Rules 2(Amendment)

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

Dated 5 November 1993.

 M. E. J. BLACK C.J.

 C. A. SWEENEY J.

 R. M. NORTHROP J.

 J. A. KEELY J.

 J. F. GALLOP J.

 J. D. DAVIES J.

 J. S. LOCKHART J.

 I.F. SHEPPARD J.

 K. J. JENKINSON J.

 A. R. NEAVES J.

 B. A. BEAUMONT J.

 M. R. WILCOX J.

 J. E. J. SPENDER J.

 J. C. S. BURCHETT J.

 J. A. MILES J.

 D. M. RYAN J.

 W. M. C. GUMMOW J.

 R. S. FRENCH J.

 M. R. EINFELD J.

 M. L. FOSTER J.

 M. C. LEE J.

 H. W. OLNEY 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.

 R. E. COOPER J.

 A. P. WHITLAM J.

 M. J. BEAZLEY J.

  Judges of the Federal

 Court of Australia

J. T. HOWARD

Registrar

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Rules, except rule 4, commence on 17 November 1993.

1.2 Rule 4 commences on 1 January 1994.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Federal Court Rules are amended as set out in these Rules.

3.   Order 10, rule 1 (Directions hearings)

3.1   Subrule 1(2):

Add at the end:

• “; (j)

  in proceedings in which a party seeks to rely on the opinion of a person involving a subject in which the person has specialist qualifications, direct that all or part of such opinion be received by way of submission in such manner and form as the Court may think fit, whether or not the opinion would be admissible as evidence.”.

4.   Order 35, rule 8 (Interest)

4.1   Omit “12%”, substitute “10%”.

5.   Order 72, rule 11 (Sunset provision)

5.1   Omit “1994.”, substitute “1995.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 November 1993.

2. 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 No. 43, 44, 86, 87, 186, 330, 421 and 453; 1993 Nos. 40, 45, 137 and 225.