Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00417:reg:5:p47
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00417
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 47/53)
Character Range: 469095–471757

In this rule:
State includes a Territory.

15.10  Registration of de facto maintenance orders under section 90SI of the Family Law Act
  For the purposes of subsection 90SI(1) of the Family Law Act, an order with respect to the maintenance of a party to a de facto relationship may be registered in a court exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act by filing a sealed copy of the order in a registry of the court.

15.11  Registration of debt due to the Commonwealth under child support legislation
  A debt due to the Commonwealth under section 30 of the Registration Act may be registered in a court by filing a certificate issued under subsection 116(2) of that Act.

Part 15.4—Custody of documents

15.12  Removal of document from registry
  A document may be removed from a registry only if:
 (a) it is necessary to transmit the document between registries; or
 (b) the court permits the removal.

15.13  Searching court record and copying documents
 (1) The following persons may search the court record relating to a proceeding, and inspect and copy a document forming part of the court record:
 (a) the Attorney‑General;
 (b) a party, a lawyer for a party, or an independent children's lawyer, in the proceeding;
 (c) if the proceeding affects, or may affect, the welfare of a child:
 (i) a child welfare officer of a State or Territory; or
 (ii) with the leave of the court, a police officer of a State or Territory;
 (d) with the permission of the court, a person with a proper interest:
 (i) in the proceeding; or
 (ii) in information obtainable from the court record in the proceeding;
 (e) with the permission of the court, a person researching the court record relating to the proceeding.
 (2) An arbitrator conducting an arbitration relating to a proceeding may search the court record relating to the proceeding, and inspect and copy a document forming part of the court record.
 (3) The parts of the court record that may be searched, inspected and copied in accordance with subrule (1) or (2) are:
 (a) court documents; and
 (b) with the permission of the court, any other part of the court record.
 (4) A permission:
 (a) for the purposes of paragraphs (1)(d) and (e) and (3)(b), may include conditions, including a requirement for consent from a person, or a person in a class of persons, referred to in the court record; and
 (b) for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e)—must specify the research to which it applies.
 (5) In considering whether to give permission under this rule, the court must consider the following matters:
 (a) the purpose for which access is sought;
 (b) whether the access sought is reasonable for that purpose;