Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999

The court may do 1 or more of the following—

accept, vary or reject all or part of the referee’s decision, opinion or findings in the referee’s report;

decide any matter on the evidence given before the referee, with or without additional evidence;

make an order or give a judgment in the proceeding on the basis of the decision, opinion or findings in the referee’s report as it considers appropriate.

An application by a party for an order or judgment under subrule (1) must be made on at least 7 days notice to the other parties.

Evidence additional to the evidence given before the referee may not be adduced before the court in relation to the question the subject of the inquiry except with the leave of the court.