Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) There shall be a Registry of the High Court, which shall be at the seat of the Court.
(2) The Registry shall be under the control of the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar.
(3) There shall be an office of the Registry at the seat of the Court, at the capital city of each State, at Darwin in the Northern Territory and at such other places as the Court deems necessary.
(4) The Minister may arrange with the appropriate Minister of a State or of the Northern Territory for an officer or officers of that State or Territory to perform on behalf of the Court at any office in that State or Territory of the Registry of the Court all or any of the functions referred to in subsection ( 6).
(5) The Chief Justice may arrange with the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia for an officer or officers of the Federal Court of Australia to perform on behalf of the High Court at an office or offices of the Registry of the High Court referred to in the arrangement all or any of the functions referred to in subsection ( 6).
(6) The functions to which an arrangement under subsection ( 4) or (5) may relate are:
(a) the receipt of documents to be lodged with or filed in the High Court;
(b) the signing and issuing of writs, commissions and process;
(c) the administration of oaths and affirmations for the purposes of any proceedings in the High Court; and
(d) such other functions as are permitted by Rules of Court to be performed in pursuance of such an arrangement.
(7) Documents received at any office of the Registry for lodgment with or filing in the Court shall be deemed to be received at the Registry.
(8) A copy of an arrangement made under subsection ( 4) or (5) shall be published in the Gazette.
(9) Where an office of the Registry is established at a place
not specifically mentioned in subsection ( 3), a notice stating that an
office of the Registry has been established at that place shall be published
in the Gazette.