Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999

If a person being examined before an examiner objects to answering a question or producing a document or other thing, the question, the ground of the objection and, except if the objection is based on privilege, the answer, must be set out in the deposition or under rule 402 in a statement attached to the deposition.

The court may, on the application of a party, decide the validity of the objection.

If the court disallows the objection, it may—

remit the examination back to the examiner with any necessary direction about the conduct of the examination; and

make an order for the costs caused by the objection, including an order for costs against the person being examined.