Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01041:clause:1b_205
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01041
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1B cl 205
Character Range: 286106–286825

205  Procedure at hearing

 (1) The Federal Court must allow to appear at an inquiry all persons who apply to the Court for leave to appear and who appear to the Court to have an interest in the inquiry, and the Court may order any other person to appear.

 (2) The persons appearing, or ordered under subsection (1) to appear, at an inquiry are taken to be parties to the proceeding.

 (3) For the purposes of this Part:
 (a) the procedure of the Court is, subject to this Schedule and the Rules of Court, within the discretion of the Court; and
 (b) the Court is not bound to act in a formal manner and is not bound by any rules of evidence, but may inform itself on any matter in such manner as it considers just.