Federal Court Rules 2011

A document on a Court file will be removed from the Court file and replaced with a redacted copy if:

the Court has ordered that the document be removed and replaced:

on its own initiative; or

on the application of a party under rule 6.01 or subrule 16.21(2); or

for an affidavit—the Court has ordered that the affidavit be removed and replaced with a redacted copy:

on its own initiative; or

on the application of a party under subrule 29.03(2); or

the Court is satisfied that:

any part of the document is otherwise an abuse of process of the Court; and

it is reasonably practicable for that part of the document to be redacted.

A party may apply to the Court for an order under paragraph (1)(c) that a document be removed from the Court file and replaced with a redacted copy.

If a part or parts of a document are struck out or removed under this rule:

the corresponding part or parts of the redacted copy of the document must be unable to be read in any way; and

the redacted copy must be marked with:

the date on which the order was made; and

each date on which redaction was performed.

A document removed from a Court file under this rule must be stored:

if an order mentioned in this rule specifies a way to store the document—in the way specified in the order; or

otherwise—as directed by the District Registrar.