Federal Court Rules (Amendment) (Cth)

        

Statutory

Rules1992No. 87 1

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Federal Court Rules 2(Amendment)

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

 Dated   27 March 1992.

 

M. E. J. BLACK

 C.J.

 

C. A. SWEENEY

 J

 

R. M. NORTHROP

 J.

 

J. A. KEELY

 J.

 

J. D. DAVIES

 J.

 

J. S. LOCKHART

 J.

 

I. F. SHEPPARD

 J.

 

K. J. JENKINSON

 J.

(L.S.)

A. R. NEAVES 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. 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.

 

T. J. HIGGINS

 J.

 

P. C. HEEREY

 J.

 

D. P. DRUMMOND

 J.

  Judges of the Federal    Court of Australia

A. C. DAWSON

Acting Registrar

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Rules commence on 13 April 1992.

2.   Amendment

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

3.   Order 1, rule 4 (Interpretation)

3.1   Omit the definition of “document”, substitute:

“‘document’ includes any record of information which is a document within the definition contained in s.7a of the Evidence Act 1905 and any other material data or information stored or recorded by mechanical or electronic means;”.

4.   Order 46, rule 5 (Custody of documents)

4.1   Order 46, subrule 5 (2):

Omit the subrule, substitute:

“(2)

Subject to subrule (2a), documents must not be taken out of a Registry except:

(a)

for the purpose of transmission between Registries; or

(b)

with the permission of the Court or a Judge.

 “(2a) Subject to any conditions specified by a Registrar, a Registrar may permit a party to proceedings to take documents out of a Registry for the purpose of preparing appeal papers, unless the Court or a Judge orders otherwise.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 April 1992.

 

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 Nos. 43, 44 and 86.