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Part 1—Corporations Act
Part 1A—Insolvency Practice Schedule (Corporations)
Part 1B—Corporations Regulations
Part 2—ASIC Act
Schedule 3—Notes to these Rules
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

Division 1—Preliminary

1.1  Citation
  These Rules may be cited as the Federal Court (Corporations) Rules 2000.

1.3  Application of these Rules and other rules of the Court
 (1) Unless the Court otherwise orders:
 (a) these Rules apply to a proceeding in the Court under the Corporations Act, or the ASIC Act, that is commenced on or after the commencement of these Rules; and
 (b) Division 15A applies to a proceeding in the Court under the Cross‑Border Insolvency Act.
 (2) The other rules of the Court apply, to the extent that they are relevant and not inconsistent with these Rules:
 (a) to a proceeding in the Court under the Corporations Act, or the ASIC Act, that is commenced on or after the commencement of these Rules; and
 (b) to a proceeding in the Court under the Cross‑Border Insolvency Act that is commenced on or after the commencement of Division 15A.
 (3) Unless the Court otherwise orders, the rules applying to a proceeding in the Court under the Corporations Act, or the ASIC Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of these Rules, continue to apply to a proceeding under the Corporations Act, or the ASIC Act, that was commenced before the commencement of these Rules.
Note: By virtue of the definition of this Act in section 9 of the Corporations Act, a reference to the Corporations Act includes a reference to the Corporations Regulations.

1.4  Expressions used in the Corporations Act
 (1) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in these Rules and in the Corporations Act has the same meaning in these Rules as it has in the Corporations Act.
Note: Expressions used in these Rules (including the notes to these Rules) that are defined in the Corporations Act include:
 ABN (short for 'Australian Business Number')—see section 9
 ACN (short for 'Australian Company Number')—see section 9
 ARBN (short for 'Australian Registered Body Number')—see section 9
 ASIC—see section 9
 body—see section 9
 body corporate—see section 9
 books—see section 9
 company—see section 9
 corporation—see section 57A
 daily newspaper—see section 9
 foreign company—see section 9
 Part 5.1 body—see section 9
 Part 5.7 body—see section 9
 register—see section 9
 registered liquidator—see section 9
 registered office—see section 9
 statutory demand—see section 9.
 (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in the Rules and in the Insolvency Practice Schedule (Corporations) has the same meaning in these Rules as it has in that Schedule.
Note: Definitions of expressions used in the Insolvency Practice Schedule (Corporations)