Federal Court (Corporations) Amendment Rules 2009 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 251
We, Judges of the Federal Court of Australia, make the following Rules of Court under the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976.
Dated 29 September 2009
M.E.J. BLACK C.J.
J.E.J. SPENDER J.
P.R.A. GRAY J.
D.M. RYAN J.
T. J. HIGGINS J.
M.F. MOORE J.
K.E. LINDGREN J.
P.D. FINN J.
R.A. SUNDBERG J.
A.M. NORTH J.
J.R. MANSFIELD J.
A.R. EMMETT J.
J.A. DOWSETT J.
S.C. KENNY J.
M.A. STONE J.
P.M. JACOBSON J.
A.C. BENNETT J.
B.T. LANDER
A.N. SIOPIS J.
R.F. EDMONDS J.
P.R. GRAHAM J.
A.P. GREENWOOD J.
S.D. RARES J.
B. COLLIER J.
D.A. COWDROY J.
A.J. BESANKO J.
C.N. JESSUP J.
R.R.S. TRACEY J.
J.E. MIDDLETON J.
R.J. BUCHANAN J.
J. GILMOUR J.
M.M. GORDON J.
J.A. LOGAN J.
G.A. FLICK J.
N.W. McKERRACHER J.
J.E. REEVES J.
N. PERRAM J.
J.M. JAGOT J.
L.G. FOSTER J.
M.L. BARKER 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 2009 (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        Amendment
(rule 3)
 
[1]           Rule 15A.5
substitute
15A.5      Official liquidator’s consent to act
                If an application is made for an order:
                (a)    under article 19 or 21 of the Model Law to entrust the administration or realisation of all or part of the debtor’s assets to a person designated by the Court (other than the foreign representative); or
               (b)    under article 21 to entrust the distribution of all or part of the debtor’s assets to a person designated by the Court (other than the foreign representative);
then, unless the Court otherwise orders, the person must:
                (c)    be an official liquidator; and
               (d)    have filed a Consent to Act, in accordance with Form 19, that specifies an address for service for the person within Australia.
Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.