Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1979 No. 140 FEDERAL COURT RULES - RULE 16.3

3. (1) The Court may, before or after any party has been required under rule 1
to answer interrogatories, order that answers to interrogatories under rule 2
by any party shall not be required, or shall be limited to such
interrogatories or classes of interrogatories, or to such of the matters in
question in the proceeding, as may be specified in the order.

(2) Where any party has been required under rule 1 to answer any
interrogatory, the Court may, on application by him, order that an answer to
that interrogatory shall not be required or may limit the extent to which an
answer shall be required.

(3) The Court shall, on application, make such orders under sub-rules (1) and
(2) as are necessary to prevent unnecessary interrogatories or unnecessary
answers to interrogatories.