Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1984 No. 425 FAMILY LAW RULES - ORDER 5 RULE 6

6. (1) A person shall not search the records of a court relating to
proceedings or matters under the Act, the Regulations or these Rules, or
inspect any document forming part of any such records otherwise than in
accordance with sub-rule (2).

(2) The following persons may search records, or inspect a document, of a kind
referred to in sub-rule (1)-

   (a)  the Attorney-General;

   (b)  where the records relate to particular proceedings or matters
        concerning or arising out of a marriage-a party to that marriage;

   (c)  where the records relate to particular proceedings-a party to those
        proceedings;

   (d)  a person who has been granted leave of the court or a Registrar to
        search the records or inspect the document.

(3) Leave for the purposes of paragraph 2 (d) may be granted by the court or a
Registrar to a person who demonstrates a proper interest in searching records
or inspecting a document and may be granted subject to such conditions as the
court or a Registrar may determine.