South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (NEW RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE) ACT 2006 (NO 17 OF 2006) - SECT 14

14—Amendment of section 72—Rules of court

Section 72(1)—after paragraph (e) insert:

            (ea)         for empowering the court—

                  (i)         to order the carrying out of a biological or other scientific test that may be relevant to the determination of a question before the court; and

                  (ii)         to include in such an order directions about the carrying out of the test and, in particular, directions requiring a person (including a party to the proceedings) to submit to the test or to have a child or other person who is not of full legal capacity submit to the test; and

                  (iii)         if a party is required to submit to the test, or to have another submit to the test—to include in the order a stipulation that, if the party fails to comply with the order, the question to which the test is relevant will be resolved adversely to the party;