If a party to criminal proceedings:
(a) retains an expert to give an expert report; or
(b) proposes to call an expert to give expert evidence at the trial or a hearing of the proceedings;
the party must, when retaining the expert, give the expert a copy of any practice note dealing with guidelines for expert witnesses.
Note: A copy of any practice notes may be obtained from the District Registry or downloaded from the Court's website at http://www.fedcourt.gov.au.