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expert must give the report to the Registrar together with the number of copies the Registrar directs.
 (2) The Registrar must send a copy of the report to each party.
 (3) The Court may:
 (a) receive the report in evidence; or
 (b) allow the examination of the court expert; or
 (c) give other directions as to the use of the report.
 (4) A party wishing to cross‑examine the court expert:
 (a) must arrange for the attendance of the court expert; and
 (b) may issue a subpoena requiring the court expert's attendance; and
 (c) unless the Court otherwise directs, must pay the reasonable expenses of the attendance.

15.10  Remuneration and expenses of court expert
  Unless the Court otherwise directs, the parties are jointly liable to pay the reasonable remuneration and expenses of the court expert for preparing a report.

15.11  Further expert evidence
  If a court expert has made a report on a question, a party may adduce evidence of another expert on the question with the leave of the Court.

Division 15.3—Affidavits

15.12  Form of affidavit
  The body of an affidavit must be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively, each paragraph being as far as possible confined to a distinct part of the subject.

15.13  Making an affidavit
 (1) The person making the affidavit must sign each page of the affidavit.
Note: For the persons before whom an affidavit may be made, see section 195 of the Act.
 (2) The affidavit must:
 (a) contain a jurat including:
 (i) the full name of the person making the affidavit; and
 (ii) whether the affidavit is sworn or affirmed; and
 (iii) the day and place the affidavit is made; and
 (iv) the full name and capacity of the person before whom the affidavit is made; and
 (b) be signed by the person making the affidavit in the presence of the person before whom it is made; and
 (c) then be signed by the person before whom it is made.
Note: A jurat is a clause placed at the end of an affidavit stating the time, place and person before whom the affidavit is made.
 (3) Any interlineation, erasure or other alteration in the affidavit must be initialled by the person making the affidavit and the person before whom the affidavit is made.

15.14  Affidavit of illiterate or vision impaired person etc
 (1) If the person making an affidavit is unable to read, or is physically incapable of signing it, the person before whom the affidavit is made must certify in or below the jurat that:
 (a) the affidavit was read to the person making it; and
 (b) the person seemed to understand the affidavit; and
 (c) in the case of a person physically incapable