EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 276
Issued by the authority of the Judges of the Federal Court of Australia
AMENDMENT OF THE RULES OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Section 59 Of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 permits the Judges of the Court (of whom there are thirty-one (31) including the Chief Justice) or a majority of them to make Rules of Court not inconsistent with the Act, making provision for or in relation to the practice and procedure to be followed in the Court, including practice and procedure to be followed in Registries of the Court, and for or in relation to all matters and things incidental to any such practice or procedure, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the conduct of any business of the Court. Section 59 of the Act also provides that sections 48, 48A, 48B, 49 and 50 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1902 apply in relation to these Rules of Court made under that section as if reference in those sections of that Act to regulations were references to Rules of Court.
The present Federal Court Rules came into operation on 1 August 1979. They have been reviewed regularly since then.
The present amendments to the rules come into operation on 27 August 1990.
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These rules provide for procedures to be used in Federal Court Sittings in New Zealand, the issue and service of subpoenas, video-link and telephone conferences, registration of determinations of the High Court of New Zealand and the enforcement of orders and judgments made in New Zealand proceedings brought under the Trade Practices (Misuse of Trans-Tasman Market Powers) Act 1990.