Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1979 No. 140 FEDERAL COURT RULES - RULE 46.8

8. (1) When any party to any proceeding desires to make an application therein
to the Court or a Judge, and no Judge of the Court is available there to take
the application, the party may lodge with the Registrar at the proper place a
request that the application be heard and disposed of at another place.

(2) Where a party makes a request under sub-rule (1), the Registrar at the
proper place shall thereupon transmit the request to the Registrar at such
other place (in this rule referred to as the " temporary venue ") as that
Registrar may determine together with such documents as are necessary for the
purpose of hearing and disposing of the application.

(3) The application may then be heard and disposed of at that temporary venue
and, as soon as it has been disposed of, all documents relating to it shall be
re-transmitted to the Registry at the proper place.

(4) In any of the cases mentioned in this rule, if the application is to be
made upon notice to any person, the notice shall specify that the application
will be made before the Court or a Judge at the temporary venue on a day on
which it is fixed to be heard.