Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

JUDICIARY ACT 1903 - SECT 16

    The jurisdiction of the High Court may be exercised by a Justice sitting other than in open court in the cases following:

  (a)   Applications relating to the conduct of a cause or matter;

  (b)   Applications relating to the custody management or preservation of property, or to the sale of property and the disposition of the purchase money;

  (c)   Applications for orders or directions as to any matter which by this Act or by Rules of Court is made subject to the direction of a Justice sitting other than in open court ;

  (d)   Any other applications which by this or any Act or by Rules of Court are authorized to be made to a Justice sitting other than in open court .

But on the application of either party the Justice may order the application to be adjourned into Court and heard in open Court.