Federal Court Rules 2011

For section 35A(1)(h) of the Act, the following powers of the Court are prescribed:

a power of the Court under a provision of an Act mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 2;

a power of the Court under a provision of these Rules mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 2;

the power of the Court to receive evidence on any application that a Registrar is empowered to decide;

if the parties consent in writing:

the power of the Court under section 23 of the Act to make an order for the dismissal of a proceeding and to make an order for the payment of costs;

the power of the Court under section 53A of the Act to make an order referring a proceeding to arbitration.

the power of the Court under section 20A(2) of the Act to deal with a matter without an oral hearing.

A description in column 3 of an item in Schedule 2 is for information only.

For the powers of the Court that may, if the Court so directs, be exercised by a Registrar, see section 35A(1) of the Act.

See also the following:

sections 35A(1)(a) to (g) of the Act;

rule 16.1 and Schedule 2 to the Corporations Rules;

rule 2.02 and Schedule 1 to the Bankruptcy Rules;

rule 1.10 of the Federal Court (Criminal Proceedings) Rules 2016.