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LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1999. NO. 125, 1999 - SCHEDULE 7

- Amendment of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

1 Subsection 25(3)

Omit ", other than an additional Judge,".

2 At the end of section 44

Add:

(2)
The Registrar may, by writing signed by him or her, authorise:

(a)
a Deputy Registrar, a District Registrar or a Deputy District Registrar of the Court; or

(b)
a member of the Staff of a Registry of the Court;

to administer oaths and affirmations for the purposes of the Court.

3 Subsection 45(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1)
An affidavit to be used in a proceeding in the Court may be sworn within the Commonwealth or a Territory before:

(a)
a Judge of the Court, the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar, a District Registrar, a justice of the peace, a commissioner for affidavits or a commissioner for declarations; or

(b)
a person not mentioned in paragraph (a) who is authorised to administer oaths for the purposes of the Court or for the purposes of the High Court or the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.

4 Subsection 60(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1)
The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters:

(a)
required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

(b)
necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act;

and, in particular, prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of proceedings in the Court or the service or execution of the process of the Court by officers of the Court.



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