Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (DIVISION 2) (GENERAL FEDERAL LAW) RULES 2021 - RULE 21.04

  (1)   The review of an exercise of power by a Registrar must proceed by way of a hearing de novo.

  (2)   In the review, the Court:

  (a)   may receive as evidence any affidavit or exhibit tendered before the Registrar; and

  (b)   may with leave receive further evidence; and

  (c)   may receive as evidence:

  (i)   any transcript of the proceeding before the Registrar; or

  (ii)   if there is no transcript--an affidavit sworn by a person who was present at the proceeding before the Registrar as a record of the proceeding.