Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations32.01.1 Within 14 days after a person has filed notice of appearance to a petition, the petitioner must file and serve on all parties (whether or not they have appeared) an application for directions.
32.01.2 The application must be in Form 21.
32.01.3 The petitioner must file and serve with the application an outline of the submissions which the petitioner wishes to make on the hearing of the application. The outline must:
(a) state why the matter should not be remitted to the Federal Court of Australia; and
(b) state what further steps, if any, should be taken in the Court (whether by way of reference of a question of law to a Full Court or otherwise); and
(c) specify the times by which, and manner in which, further steps in the Court are to be taken; and
(d) set out the precise terms of the orders which the petitioner submits should be made on the application.
32.01.4 On the hearing of the application, a Justice may give
such directions for the further conduct of the petition as appear necessary or
desirable for the just and efficient disposition of the matter.