Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00057:front:0:p15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00057
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 34413–36814

8.01.1  A judgment shall be in Form 2.
8.01.2  An order shall be in Form 3.

8.02  Effective date
Subject to any contrary order of the Court or a Justice a judgment or order, whether of the Full Court or a Justice, shall take effect from and be dated on the day on which it is given or made.

8.03  Preparation
8.03.1  A judgment or order, whether of the Full Court or of a Justice, shall be prepared by or under the direction of a Registrar.
8.03.2  A Registrar may require any party to prepare one or more drafts of any judgment or order and to prepare a final copy of the order for filing and sealing.

8.04  Consent orders
8.04.1  The parties to a proceeding, or their solicitors, may file a written consent to the making of an order in a proceeding.
8.04.2  A written consent to the making of an order shall be in Form 4.
8.04.3  Where a written consent under rule 8.04.1 is filed the Registrar shall refer the matter to a Justice who may, without any other application, direct the Registrar to draw up, sign and seal an order in accordance with the terms of the consent.
8.04.4  An order made under rule 8.04.3 shall state that it is made by consent and it shall have the same effect as if made after a hearing by a Justice.
8.04.5  For rule 8.04.1, the written consent need not be signed by:
 (a) a party who has not filed an appearance; or
 (b) a party who has filed a submitting appearance if the order consented to does not require the party to pay costs.

8.05  Judgment or orders to do an act
Where any judgment or order, whether of the Full Court or a Justice, requires a person to do an act:
 (a) it shall state the time within which it is to be done; and
 (b) the copy served upon the person required to obey it shall be indorsed with the memorandum:
  'If you do not obey this judgment or order by the time limited in it, you may be punished for not obeying it.'.

8.06  Interest on judgments and costs
8.06.1  Every judgment debt under a judgment of the Court shall carry interest from the date the judgment takes effect at the rate of interest applicable to judgments of the Supreme Court of the State or Territory where the office of the Registry in which the judgment is entered is located.
8.06.2  Every award of costs under a judgment or order of the Court shall carry interest from the date of the order or certificate of taxation quantifying those costs at the rate of interest