Federal Court Amendment Rules 1999 (No. 1)
Statutory Rules 1999    No. 15
We, Judges of the Federal Court of Australia, make the following rules of court under the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.
Dated 5 February 1999.
M.E.J. BLACK C.J.
J.F. GALLOP J.
B.A. Beaumont J.
M.R. WILCOX J.
J.E.J. SPENDER J.
J.C.S. BURCHETT J.
J.A. MILES J.
D.M. RYAN J.
R.S. FRENCH J.
M.C. LEE J.
J.W. von DOUSSA J.
D.G. HILL J.
M.F. O’LOUGHLIN J.
D.F. O’CONNOR J.
T.J. HIGGINS J.
P.C. HEEREY J.
D.P. DRUMMOND J.
R.E. COOPER J.
A.P. WHITLAM J.
C.J.S.M. CARR J.
M.F. MOORE J.
C.M. BRANSON J.
J.H. MATHEWS J.
K.E. LINDGREN J.
B.J.M. TAMBERLIN J.
R. SACKVILLE J.
S.M. KIEFEL J.
R.D. NICHOLSON J.
P.D. FINN J.
R.A. SUNDBERG J.
S.R. MARSHALL J.
J.R.F. LEHANE J.
A.M. NORTH J.
R.N. MADGWICK J.
R. MERKEL J.
J.R. MANSFIELD J.
A.H. GOLDBERG J.
A.R. EMMETT J.
R.A. FINKELSTEIN J.
M.S. WEINBERG J.
L.S. KATZ J.
P.G. HELY J.
S.C. KENNY J.

Judges of the Federal
Court of Australia
W.G. SODEN
Registrar

Federal Court Amendment Rules 1999 (No. 1)1
Statutory Rules 1999    No. 152
made under the
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

Contents
	Page
	1	Name of rules	
	2	Commencement	
	3	Amendment of Federal Court Rules	
Schedule 1	Amendments	

1	Name of rules
		These rules are the Federal Court Amendment Rules 1999 (No. 1).
2	Commencement
		These rules commence on gazettal. 
3	Amendment of Federal Court Rules
		Schedule 1 amends the Federal Court Rules.

Schedule 1	Amendments
(rule 3)
[1]	Order 27, subrule 9 (1)
	substitute
	(1)	The Court may, of its own motion or on the motion of any person having a sufficient interest, set aside the subpoena wholly or in part.
[2]	Order 58, subrule 1 (1), definition of decision
	omit
		Commissioner or Secretary, as the case may be;
	insert
		Commissioner;
[3]	Order 58, subrule 1 (1), definition of Secretary
	omit
[4]	Order 58, Part II, heading
	substitute
Part II	Appeals from decision, etc of Commissioner
[5]	Order 58, subrule 4 (1)
	omit
	or Secretary
[6]	Order 58, subrule 4 (2A)
	omit
	or Secretary, as the case requires,
[7]	Order 58, subrule 4 (4)
	omit
	or Secretary, as appropriate, 
[8]	Order 58, rule 6, heading
	substitute
6	Provision of documents by Commissioner
[9]	Order 58, rule 6
	omit
	or Secretary, as the case may be, shall:
	insert
	must:
[10]	Order 58, paragraph 6 (a)
	omit
	or Secretary’s
[11]	Order 58, subrule 8 (1)
	omit
	or Secretary
[12]	Order 58, rule 9
	omit
	or Secretary
[13]	Order 77, subrule 22 (1)
	substitute
	(1)	This rule applies if the Court dismisses a creditor’s petition or grants leave for a creditor’s petition to be withdrawn.
[14]	Order 77, after rule 22
	insert
22A	Order extending petition
	(1)	This rule applies if the Court makes an order under subsection 52 (5) of the Bankruptcy Act.
	(2)	Within 2 days after the order is made, the applicant creditor must:
	(a)	enter the order; and
	(b)	give a copy of the order to:
	(i)	any person who has consented to act as the trustee of the debtor’s estate under section 156A of the Bankruptcy Act; and
	(ii)	the Official Receiver for the District in which the order was made.

Notes
1.	These rules amend Statutory Rules 1979 No. 140, as amended by 1980 No. 87; 1982 Nos. 217 and 408; 1983 No. 264; 1984 Nos. 9 and 258; 1985 Nos. 16, 97, 168 and 227; 1986 Nos. 61, 157 and 324; 1987 Nos. 73, 174 and 197; 1988 Nos. 14, 54, 144, 217 and 306; 1989 Nos. 50, 253 and 318; 1990 Nos. 72, 102, 276, 319, 414 and 453; 1991 Nos. 70, 249, 395 and 461; 1992 Nos. 43, 44, 86, 87, 186, 330, 421 and 453; 1993 No. 40, 45, 137. 225 and 290; 1994 Nos. 63, 130, 224, 279, 332 and 463; 1995 Nos. 31, 46, 239 and 449; 1996 Nos. 29 and 308; 1997 Nos. 82, 87, 143, 174, 204, 277 and 425; 1998 Nos. 224, 297 and 323.
2.	Made by a majority of Judges of the Federal Court of Australia on
5 February 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 February 1999.