Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

HIGH COURT RULES 2004 - RULE 4.07

4.07.1     The Registrar is to have the custody of:

  (a)   each document issued by or filed in the Court; and

  (b)   the records of the Court kept in the Registry.

4.07.2     The Registrar must keep proper indexes to the documents issued by or filed in the Court.

4.07.3     The Registrar must keep a record of:

  (a)   all documents issued by or filed in the Court showing the dates the documents were issued or filed; and

  (b)   all steps taken in each application and proceeding in the Court showing the dates the steps were taken.

4.07.4     The Registrar may give a person electronic access to a document issued by or filed in the Court except:

  (a)   affidavits and exhibits to affidavits that have not been received in evidence in Court; or

  (b)   documents containing information disclosing the identity of a person where disclosure of the identity of that person is prohibited, whether by Act, order of the Court or otherwise; or

  (c)   documents containing information to which a suppression order, a non - publication order, or any other confidentiality order, made by a court applies; or

  (d)   documents containing information in relation to which an application for an order referred to in paragraph   (c) has been made but has not yet been determined;

if any fee payable under the Fees Regulations in relation to searching or inspecting the document has been paid.

4.07.5     Records referred to in rules   4.07.1 and 4.07.3, and indexes referred to in rule   4.07.2, may be kept by electronic means.

4.07.6     A subpoena for production of a document in the custody of the Registrar must not be issued.