Australian judgment—certificate for foreign registration
3483 Australian judgment—certificate for foreign registration
An application under the Foreign Judgments Act, section 15 (Issue of certificates of judgments obtained in Australian courts) in relation to a judgment that has been given in an Australian court may be made without notice to anyone.
The application must be made—
in the proceeding in which the judgment was obtained; and
by filing—
a draft of the certificate sought; and
a supporting affidavit.
Part 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) does not apply to the application.
The supporting affidavit must include all information that would enable the certificate to be issued.
For the Foreign Judgments Act, section 15 (1) (b), the certificate must be in accordance with the form approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004, section 8 for the certificate.
See approved form 3.43 (Certificate of judgment under the Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cwlth)) AF2006-371.
Unless the court otherwise orders on application or its own initiative, an application under this rule may be dealt with without a hearing and in the absence of the parties.
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