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FEDERAL COURT RULES (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 29

Statutory Rules 1996 No. 29

AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Section 59 of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 permits the Judges of the Court (of whom there are forty-seven (47) including the Chief Justice), or a majority of them, to make Rules Of Court not inconsistent with the Act, providing for the practice and procedure to be followed in the Court and in Registries of the Court. and in relation to matters incidental to any such practice or procedure, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the conduct of any business of the Court. Under subsection 59(4) of the Federal Court of Australia Act, sections 48, 48A, 48B, 49 and 50 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which relate to the making of regulations, apply to these Rules of Court as if references to the regulations in those sections, were references to the Rules of Court.

The present Federal Court Rules came into operation on 1 August 1979. They are reviewed regularly.

Rule 1 - Commencement

This rule provides die date of commencement.

Rule 2 - Amendment

This rule provides that the Federal Court Rules are amended as set out in the following rules.

Rule 3

This rule extends the sunset provision in Order 75 rule 21 of the Rules from 1 March 1996 to 1 March 1997.