(1) The power to make rules of court conferred by section 59 of the
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 extends to making rules of court:
- (a)
- with respect to proceedings, and the practice and procedure, of the
Federal Court of Australia under the Corporations legislation; and
- (b)
- with respect to any matter or thing that is:
- (i)
- required or permitted by the Corporations legislation to be prescribed by
rules within the meaning of the Corporations legislation; or
- (ii)
- necessary or convenient to be prescribed by such rules for carrying out
or giving effect to the Corporations legislation; and
- (c)
- without limitation, with respect to costs, and with respect to rules about
meetings ordered by the Federal Court of Australia.
(2) In this section:
Corporations legislation does not include rules of
court.