Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

JUDICIARY ACT 1903 - SECT 16

                   The jurisdiction of the High Court may be exercised by a Justice sitting in Chambers in the cases following:

                     (a)  Applications relating to the conduct of a cause or matter;

                     (b)  Applications relating to the custody management or preservation of property, or to the sale of property and the disposition of the purchase money;

                     (c)  Applications for orders or directions as to any matter which by this Act or by Rules of Court is made subject to the direction of a Justice sitting in Chambers;

                     (d)  Any other applications which by this or any Act or by Rules of Court are authorized to be made to a Justice sitting in Chambers.

But on the application of either party the Justice may order the application to be adjourned into Court and heard in open Court.