Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered RegulationsThe court may, in relation to the appointment of, instruction of, or conduct of a proceeding involving, a single expert witness make an order, including an order:
(a) requiring the parties to confer for the purpose of agreeing on the person to be appointed as a single expert witness; or
(b) that, if the parties cannot agree on who should be the single expert witness, the parties give the court a list stating:
(i) the names of people who are experts on the relevant issue and have consented to being appointed as an expert witness; and
(ii) the fee each expert will accept for preparing a report and attending court to give evidence; or
(c) appointing a single expert witness from the list prepared by the parties or in some other way; or
(d) determining any issue in dispute between the parties to ensure that clear instructions are given to the expert; or
(e) that the parties:
(i) confer for the purpose of preparing an agreed letter of instructions to the expert; and
(ii) submit a draft letter of instructions for settling by the court; or
(f) settling the instructions to be given to the expert; or
(g) authorising and giving instructions about any inspection, test or experiment to be carried out for the purposes of the report; or
(h) that a report not be released to a person or that access to the report be restricted.