Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1979 No. 140 FEDERAL COURT RULES - RULE 34.2

2. (1) Where a question for an expert witness arises in any proceedings the
Court may, at any stage of the proceedings, on application by a party-

   (a)  appoint an expert as court expert to inquire into and report upon the
        question;

   (b)  authorize the court expert to inquire into and report upon any facts
        relevant to his inquiry and report on the question;

   (c)  direct the court expert to make a further or supplemental report or
        inquiry and report; and

   (d)  give such instructions as the Court thinks fit relating to any inquiry
        or report of the court expert.

(2) In sub-rule (1), " expert ", in relation to any question, means a person
who has such knowledge or experience of, or in connection with, that question,
or questions of the character of that question, that his opinion on that
question would be admissible in evidence.

(3) Instructions pursuant to paragraph (1) (d) may include provision
concerning any experiment or test for the purposes of any inquiry or report of
a court expert.