Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FAMILY LAW RULES 2004 - REG 15.64

                If an expert witness does not comply with these Rules, the court may:

                (a)    order the expert witness to attend court;

               (b)    refuse to allow the expert's report or any answers to questions to be relied on;

                (c)    allow the report to be relied on but take the non-compliance into account when considering the weight to be given to the expert witness's evidence; and

               (d)    take the non-compliance into account when making orders for:

                          (i)    an extension or abridgment of a time limit;

                         (ii)    a stay of the case;

                        (iii)    interest payable on a sum ordered to be paid; or

                        (iv)    costs.

Note    For the court's power to order costs, see subsection 117 (2) of the Act.