Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1984 No. 425 FAMILY LAW RULES - ORDER 30 RULE 6

6. (1) A court exercising jurisdiction under the Act may, at any stage of
proceedings-

   (a)  request the examination of any person upon oath orally or on written
        questions, before a court exercising jurisdiction under the Act, or an
        officer of the court at any place in Australia; or

   (b)  order a commission to be issued to a person either within or outside
        Australia authorising that person to take the evidence of any person
        upon oath.

(2) The court receiving the request or the person to whom the commission is
issued may give any necessary directions concerning the time, place and manner
of such an examination or taking of evidence, including a request that the
evidence be taken down in writing, or, if practicable, that the examination or
taking of evidence be recorded by videotape, film, sound recording, or other
means.

(3) The court making the request or issuing the commission may receive in
evidence in the proceedings the record so taken on such terms as the court
thinks fit.