Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (FAMILY LAW) RULES 2021 (F2021L01197) - RULE 6.24

             (1)  A party may apply for an order:

                     (a)  that a party comply with rule 6.23 and answer, or further answer, a specific question served on the party under rule 6.22; or

                     (b)  determining the extent to which a question must be answered; or

                     (c)  requiring a party to state specific grounds of objection; or

                     (d)  determining the validity of an objection; or

                     (e)  that a party who has not answered, or who has given an insufficient answer, to a specific question be required to attend court to be examined.

             (2)  A party making an application under subrule (1) must satisfy the court that the order is appropriate in the interests of the administration of justice.

             (3)  In considering whether to make an order under subrule (1), the court may take into account whether:

                     (a)  the requesting party is unlikely, at the trial, to have another reasonably simple and inexpensive way of proving the matter sought to be obtained by the specific questions; and

                     (b)  answering the questions will cause unacceptable delay or undue expense; and

                     (c)  the specific questions are relevant to an issue in the proceeding.