Court Procedures Rules 2006

If the court orders that a judgment be registered, the registrar must register the judgment by entering in the register of foreign judgments the following particulars of the judgment:

the full name and last-known address of the judgment creditor and judgment debtor;

the name of the original court;

the details of the judgment;

the date of the order that the judgment be registered;

if the judgment is a money judgment—the amount of the judgment, at the time of registration of the judgment, in the currency of the original judgment and in Australian currency after deducting any amount paid in satisfaction of the judgment;

if the judgment is a non-money judgment—a brief description of the terms of the judgment;

the amount payable under the judgment after deducting any amount paid in part satisfaction of the judgment;

any interest that, under the law of the country of the original court, has become payable under the judgment up to the time of registration.

The registrar must also record the following details in the register:

the reasonable costs of, and incidental to, registration of the judgment including—

the cost of obtaining a certified copy of the judgment from the original court; and

the costs of obtaining from foreign exchange dealers evidence of the rates at which Australian dollars may be bought in the currency in which the judgment is expressed;

any special directions contained in the order for registration.