(1) The powers of a court in relation to:
(a) the discovery or inspection of documents; and
(b) ordering disclosure and exchange of evidence, intended evidence, documents and reports;
extend to enabling the court to make such orders as the court thinks fit (including orders about methods of inspection, adjournments and costs) to ensure that the parties to a proceeding can adequately, and in an appropriate manner, inspect documents of the kind referred to in paragraph ( b) or (c) of the definition of document in the Dictionary.
(2) The power of a person or body to make rules of court extends to making rules, not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(3) Without limiting subsection ( 2), rules made under that subsection may provide for the discovery, exchange, inspection or disclosure of intended evidence, documents and reports of persons intended to be called by a party to give evidence in a proceeding.
(4) Without limiting subsection ( 2), rules made under
that subsection may provide for the exclusion of evidence, or for its
admission on specified terms, if the rules are not complied with.