Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2021 (13 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

Part 1   Amendments

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

223   Subsection 49(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(2) If:

(a) the Court reserves judgment in a proceeding; and

(b) a Judge who heard the proceeding, whether as a single Judge or as a member of a Full Court, prepares orders and reasons;

those orders and reasons may be made public by another Judge on behalf of the Judge who heard the proceeding or as otherwise provided for by the Rules of Court.

(2A) If:

(a) the Court reserves reasons for its decision in a proceeding; and

(b) a Judge who heard the proceeding, whether as a single Judge or as a member of a Full Court, prepares reasons;

those reasons may be made public by another Judge on behalf of the Judge who heard the proceeding or as otherwise provided for by the Rules of Court.