Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1979 No. 137 of 1979 - SECT 30

PART IV-REGISTRY AND PROCEDURE
30. (1) There shall be a Registry of the High Court, which shall be at the
seat of the Court.

(2) The Registry shall be under the control of the Registrar.

(3) There shall be an office of the Registry at the seat of the Court, at the
capital city of each State, at Darwin in the Northern Territory and at such
other places as the Court deems necessary.

(4) The Minister may arrange with the appropriate Minister of a State or of
the Northern Territory for an officer or officers of that State or Territory
to perform on behalf of the Court at any office in that State or Territory of
the Registry of the Court all or any of the functions referred to in
sub-section (6).

(5) The Chief Justice may arrange with the Chief Judge of the Federal Court of
Australia for an officer or officers of the Federal Court of Australia to
perform on behalf of the High Court at an office or offices of the Registry of
the High Court referred to in the arrangement all or any of the functions
referred to in sub-section (6).

(6) The functions to which an arrangement under sub-section (4) or (5) may
relate are-

   (a)  the receipt of documents to be lodged with or filed in the High Court;

   (b)  the signing and issuing of writs, commissions and process;

   (c)  the administration of oaths and affirmations for the purposes of any
        proceedings in the High Court; and

   (d)  such other functions as are permitted by Rules of Court to be
        performed in pursuance of such an arrangement.

(7) Documents received at any office of the Registry for lodgment with or
filing in the Court shall be deemed to be received at the Registry.

(8) A copy of an arrangement made under sub-section (4) or (5) shall be
published in the Gazette.

(9) Where an office of the Registry is established at a place not specifically
mentioned in sub-section (3), a notice stating that an office of the Registry
has been established at that place shall be published in the Gazette.