Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) If:
(a) the accused in summary criminal proceedings does not appear before the Court on the return date for the summons; and
(b) the Court is satisfied that the summons and information have been served in accordance with rule 2.01;
the Court may proceed to hear the matter in the absence of the accused.
Note: The Court may instead issue a warrant for the arrest of the accused--see rule 9.02.
(2) If the accused in summary criminal proceedings appears before the Court and does not enter a plea of guilty when directed by the Court to enter a plea, the Court may:
(a) give any necessary orders for the conduct of the prosecution and defence; and
(b) fix a day for hearing or for the Court to give further orders.
(3) Without limiting paragraph (2)(a), the Court may make orders relating to pre - trial or ongoing disclosure.