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Federal Court (Corporations) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 175

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

Dated 20 July 2012

P.A. KEANE CJ

P.R.A. GRAY J

T.J. HIGGINS J
A.M. NORTH J

J.R. MANSFIELD J

A.R. EMMETT J

A.C BENNETT J

B.T. LANDER J

A.N. SIOPIS J

R.F. EDMONDS J

A.P. GREENWOOD J

S.D. RARES J
B. COLLIER J

D.A. COWDROY J

A.J. BESANKO J

C.N. JESSUP J

J.E. MIDDLETON J

J. GILMOUR J

M.M. GORDON J
G.A. FLICK J

N.W. McKERRACHER J

J.E. REEVES J

N. PERRAM J

L.G. FOSTER J

M.L. BARKER J

J.V. NICHOLAS J

D.M. YATES J

J. DODDS-STREETON J

A. J. KATZMANN J

A. ROBERTSON J

B.M. MURPHY J

D.J.C. KERR J

 

 

 

 

 

Judges of the Federal

Court of Australia

W.G. SODEN

Registrar

1 Name of Rules

  These Rules are the Federal Court (Corporations) Amendment Rules 2012 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Rules commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Federal Court (Corporations) Rules 2000

  Schedule 1 amends the Federal Court (Corporations) Rules 2000.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(rule 3)

 

[1] Rule 1.4, note

omit

foreign country — see section 9

futures broker — see section 9

Gazette — see section 9

officer, in relation to a body corporate — see section 82A

insert

foreign company — see section 9

[2] Rule 2.11

omit

[3] Paragraph 3.4 (3) (b)

omit

in accordance with rule 2.11

[4] Paragraph 5.6 (2) (b)

omit

in accordance with rule 2.11

[5] Subparagraph 5.10 (2) (b) (i)

omit

in accordance with rule 2.11

[6] Subrule 5.11 (4)

substitute

 (4) The notice must be in accordance with Form 11.

[7] Subrule 6.2 (4)

substitute

 (4) The notice must be in accordance with Form 12.

[8] Subrule 7.9 (3)

substitute

 (3) The notice must be in accordance with Form 15.

[9] Paragraph 15A.6 (1) (b)

omit

in accordance with rule 2.11

insert

in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the State or Territory where the defendant has its principal, or last known, place of business

[10] Subrule 15A.6 (2)

omit

rule 2.11

insert

paragraph (1) (b)

[11] Paragraph 15A.7 (1) (d)

omit

in accordance with rule 2.11

insert

in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the State or Territory where the defendant has its principal, or last known, place of business

[12] Subrule 15A.7 (2)

omit

rule 2.11

insert

paragraph (1) (d)

[13] Paragraph 15A.7 (3) (d)

omit

in accordance with rule 2.11

insert

in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the State or Territory where the defendant has its principal, or last known, place of business

[14] Subrule 15A.7 (4)

omit

rule 2.11

insert

paragraph (3) (d)

[15] Paragraph 15A.9 (4) (b)

omit

in accordance with rule 2.11

insert

in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the State or Territory where the defendant has its principal, or last known, place of business

[16] Subrule 15A.9 (5)

omit

rule 2.11

insert

paragraph (4) (b)

[17] Schedule 1, form 9, paragraph 1

omit

[name of company]

insert

[name of company and, if applicable, the words ‘trading as’ and any trading name or names of the company]

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.comlaw.gov.au.