Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02936:body:0:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02936
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110 (2) (aa) (i)—
Omit "country" (wherever occurring), substitute "jurisdiction".

Sub-section 114 (6)—
Omit "a provision of", substitute "an injunction or order under".

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

After sub-section 24 (1)—
Insert the following sub-section:
     "(1a) An appeal shall not be brought from a judgment referred to in sub-section (1) that is an interlocutory judgment unless the Court or a Judge gives leave to appeal.".

Sub-section 25 (2)—
Omit the sub-section, substitute the following sub-section:
"(2) Applications for leave or special leave to appeal to the Court or for an extension of time within which to institute an appeal may be heard and determined by a single Judge or by a Full Court and the Rules of Court may provide for enabling such applications to be dealt with, subject to conditions prescribed by the Rules, without an oral hearing.".

After section 35—
Insert the following section:

Powers of Registrars
"35a. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the following powers of the Court may, if the Court or a Judge so directs, be exercised by a Registrar:
     (a) the power to dispense with the service of any process of the Court;
     (b) the power to make orders in relation to substituted service;
     (c) the power to make orders in relation to discovery, inspection and production of documents in the possession, power or custody of a party to proceedings in the Court or of any other person;
     (d) the power to make orders in relation to interrogatories;
     (e) the power, in proceedings in the Court, to make an order adjourning the hearing of the proceedings;
     (f) the power to make an order as to costs;
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     (g) the power to make an order exempting a party to proceedings in the Court from compliance with a provision of the Rules of Court;
     (h) a power of the Court prescribed by Rules of Court.
"(2) A Registrar shall not exercise the powers referred to in paragraph (1) (f) except in relation to costs of or in connection with an application heard by a Registrar.
"(3) The provisions of this Act and the Rules of Court that relate to the exercise by the Court of a power that is, by virtue of sub-section (1), exercisable by a Registrar apply in relation to an exercise of the power by a Registrar under this section as if references in those provisions to the Court were references to the Registrar.
"(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and any provision of the Public Service Act 1922 or of any other law, a Registrar is not subject to the direction or control of any person or body in relation to the manner in which he exercises powers