Federal Court Amendment Rules 2010 (No. 2)¹

We, Judges of the Federal Court of Australia, make the following Rules of Court under the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.

Dated 20 December 2010

P.A. KEANE CJ

P.R.A. GRAY J

D.M. RYAN J

T.J. HIGGINS J

M.F. MOORE J

S.R. MARSHALL J

A.M. NORTH J

J.R. MANSFIELD J

A.R. EMMETT J

R.A. FINKELSTEIN J

J.A. DOWSETT J

S.C. KENNY J

M.A. STONE J

P.M. JACOBSON J

B.T. LANDER J

A.N. SIOPIS J

A.P. GREENWOOD J

S.D. RARES J

B. COLLIER J

D.A. COWDROY J

A.J. BESANKO J

C.N. JESSUP J

R.R.S. TRACEY J

J.E. MIDDLETON J

J. GILMOUR J

M.M. GORDON J

J.A. LOGAN J

G.A. FLICK J

N.W. McKERRACHER J

J.E. REEVES J

N. PERRAM J

L.G. FOSTER J

M.L. BARKER J

J.V. NICHOLAS J

M. BROMBERG J

J. DODDS-STREETON J

J.A. KATZMANN J

Judges of the Federal

Court of Australia

1              Name of Rules

                These Rules are the Federal Court Amendment Rules 2010 (No. 2).

2              Commencement

                These Rules commence on 1 January 2011.

3              Amendment of Federal Court Rules

                Schedule 1 amends the Federal Court Rules.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(rule 3)

[1]           Order 62, rule 9, heading

substitute

9              Liability of lawyer

[2]           Order 62, paragraph 9 (4) (a)

omit

legal practitioner’s

insert

lawyer’s

[3]           Order 78, subrule 16 (1)

substitute

         (1)   A reference to the Court of the following matters must be in the form of a special case:

                (a)    a question of fact or law referred under subsection 94H (1) of the Native Title Act by a person conducting a mediation (a mediator);

               (b)    a question of law referred under subsection 145 (1) of the Native Title Act by the NNTT.

[4]           Order 78, rules 17 to 19

substitute

17            Special case to be prepared — referral by mediator

                For a reference under subsection 94H (1) of the Native Title Act, unless the Court otherwise directs, the special case must be:

                (a)    settled by the mediator; and

               (b)    transmitted, with 4 additional copies, by the mediator to the Registrar.

17A         Special case to be prepared — referral by NNTT

                For a reference under subsection 145 (1) of the Native Title Act, unless the Court otherwise directs, the special case must be:

                (a)    settled by the presiding member of the NNTT; and

               (b)    transmitted, with 4 additional copies, by the NNTT to the Registrar.

18            Setting down for hearing — referral by mediator

                For a reference under subsection 94H (1) of the Native Title Act, the Registrar must:

                (a)    set down the proceeding for a directions hearing; and

               (b)    notify the mediator, and each party to the proceedings, of the date for the directions hearing.     

18A         Setting down for hearing — referral by NNTT

                For a reference under subsection 145 (1) of the Native Title Act, the Registrar must:

                (a)    set down the proceeding for a directions hearing; and

               (b)    notify the NNTT, and each party to the proceedings, of the date for the directions hearing.

19            Party having carriage of proceeding — referral by mediator

                For a reference under subsection 94H (1) of the Native Title Act, the party having carriage of the proceeding is:

                (a)    if the question is referred by the mediator at the request of a party — that party; and

               (b)    if the question is referred by the mediator of the mediator’s own motion — the party appointed by the mediator to have carriage of the proceeding.

19A         Party having carriage of proceeding — referral by NNTT

                For a reference under subsection 145 (1) of the Native Title Act, the party having carriage of the proceeding is:

                (a)    if the question is referred by the NNTT at the request of a party — that party; and

               (b)    if the question is referred by the NNTT of its own motion — the party appointed by the NNTT to have carriage of the proceeding.

[5]           Order 78, Division 3A, heading

substitute

Division 3A           Referral to Court of questions under section 94J of Native Title Act

[6]           Order 78, subrule 20A (1)

omit

136DA

insert

94J

[7]           Order 78, paragraph 20B (a)

omit

relevant presiding member of the NNTT;

insert

person conducting the mediation (the mediator);

[8]           Order 78, paragraph 20B (b)

omit

NNTT

insert

mediator

[9]           Order 78, subparagraph 20C (b) (i)

omit

NNTT;

insert

mediator;

[10]         Order 78, Division 4, heading, including the note

substitute

Division 4              Mediation

Note   See also Division 4 of Part 4 of the Native Title Act.

[11]         Order 78, rule 21

omit

[12]         Order 78, subrule 21A (1), except the note

omit

136GA (4)

insert

94P (4)

[13]         Order 78, subrule 21A (1), note

substitute

Note   If a person conducting a mediation considers that a party, or the party’s representative, did not act or is not acting in good faith in relation to the conduct of the mediation, the presiding member may report the failure to the Court — see subsections 94P (4) and (5) of the Native Title Act.

[14]         Order 78, subrule 21A (3)

omit

presiding member of the NNTT

insert

mediator

[15]         Order 80, rule 4, heading

substitute

4              Referral to a lawyer

[16]         Form 15B, heading

substitute

Form 15B   Certificate of lawyer

(Order 11, rule 1B)

[17]         Form 15B

omit

(name of legal practitioner)

insert

(name of lawyer)

[18]         Schedule 2

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