Federal Court (Corporations) Amendment Rules 2003 (No. 2)1

Statutory Rules 2003 No. 3762

We, Judges of the Federal Court of Australia, make the following Rules of Court under the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.

Dated 22 December 2003

M.E.J. BLACK C.J.

B.A. BEAUMONT J.

M.R. WILCOX J.

J.E.J. SPENDER J.

p.r.a. gray j.

D.M. RYAN J.

R.S. FRENCH J.

A.B. NICHOLSON J.

M.C. LEE J.

D.G. HILL J.

T.J. HIGGINS J.

P.C. HEEREY J.

R.E. COOPER J.

A.P. WHITLAM J.

C.J.S.M. CARR J.

M.F. MOORE J.

C.M. BRANSON J.

K.E. LINDGREN J.

B.J.M. TAMBERLIN J.

R. SACKVILLE J.

S.M. KIEFEL J.

R.D. NICHOLSON J.

P.D. FINN J.

R.A. SUNDBERG J.

S.R. MARSHALL J.

A.M. NORTH J.

R.N. MADGWICK J.

R. MERKEL J.

J.R. MANSFIELD J.

A.H. GOLDBERG J.

A.R. EMMETT J.

R.A. FINKELSTEIN J.

G.M. GIUDICE J.

M.S. WEINBERG J.

J.A. DOWSETT J.

P.G. HELY J.

S.C. KENNY J.

R.V. GYLES J.

R.A. CONTI J.

M.A. STONE J.

J.L.B. ALLSOP J.

G.K. DOWNES J.

P.M. JACOBSON J.

B.M. SELWAY J.

A.C. BENNETT J.

B.T. LANDER J.

Judges of the Federal

Court of Australia

J.W. MATHIESON

Acting Registrar

Schedule 1 Amendments

(rule 3)

[1] Paragraph 5.10 (2) (b)

substitute

(b) published:

(i) in accordance with rule 2.11 at least 7 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application; or

(ii) as otherwise directed by the Court.

[2] Schedule 1, Form 1

omit

‘(under administration)’

insert

‘(administrator appointed)’

[3] Schedule 3, Note 2, paragraph 3

substitute

3. [Where the defendant is registered or taken to be registered in a State or Territory other than that of this Registry, state any facts — apart from the defendant’s principal place of business — which bear upon jurisdiction being exercised in the State or Territory of this Registry, rather than in another State or Territory.]

Notes

1. These Rules amend Statutory Rules 1999 No. 359, as amended by 2000 No. 333; 2001 No. 127; 2002 No. 97; 2003 No. 132.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 2003.