Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (FAMILY LAW) RULES 2021 (F2021L01197) - RULE 7.23

                   If an expert witness does not comply with these Rules, the court may do any of the following:

                     (a)  order the expert witness to attend court;

                     (b)  refuse to allow the expert's report or any answers to questions to be relied on;

                     (c)  allow the report to be relied on but take the non-compliance into account when considering the weight to be given to the expert witness's evidence;

                     (d)  take the non-compliance into account when making orders for:

                              (i)  an extension or abridgment of a time limit; or

                             (ii)  a stay of the proceeding; or

                            (iii)  interest payable on a sum ordered to be paid; or

                            (iv)  costs.

Note:          For the court's power to order costs, see subsection 117(2) of the Family Law Act.