Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 448B

448B Access to exhibits by parties

(1) A party to a proceeding may ask the registrar to permit the applicant, on payment of any prescribed fee, to do 1 or more of the following—

(a) inspect an exhibit;

(b) obtain a copy of an exhibit that is a document;

(c) take a photograph of an exhibit that is not a document.

(2) The registrar must comply with the request, subject to—

(a) any court order restricting the inspection, copying or photographing of the exhibit; or

(b) the exhibit being required for the court’s use.

(3) Also, a party to a proceeding may apply to the court for an order permitting the applicant to do 1 or more of the following—

(a) inspect an exhibit;

(b) obtain a copy of an exhibit that is a document;

(c) take a photograph of an exhibit that is not a document.

(4) The court may, on the application, make the orders and give the directions it considers appropriate in relation to the exhibit.