Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The Court or a Judge may, at any stage of a proceeding and with the consent of the parties, appoint an expert as an expert assistant to assist the Court on any issue of fact or opinion identified by the Court or Judge (other than an issue involving a question of law) in the proceeding.
(2) A person who has given evidence, or whom a party intends to call to give evidence, in the proceeding must not be appointed as an expert assistant in the proceeding.
(3) For this rule, expert means a person who has specialised knowledge based on the person's training, study or experience.