Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to any order of the Court, the following persons may search the records of the Court relating to a family law or child support proceeding, or inspect or copy a document forming part of the records:
(a) the Attorney‑General;
(b) a party, a lawyer for a party or an independent children's lawyer in the proceeding;
(c) a person who demonstrates a proper interest in searching the records or inspecting the document and has been granted leave of the Court or a Registrar to do so.
(2) For subrule (1):
(a) the parts of the court record that may be searched are:
(i) court documents; and
(ii) with the permission of the Court -- any other part of the Court record; and
(b) a permission may include conditions, including a requirement for consent from any person who is mentioned in the record.
(3) In considering whether to give permission under subparagraph (2) (a) (ii), the Court must consider the following matters:
(a) the purpose for which access is sought;
(b) whether the access sought is reasonable for that purpose;
(c) the need for security of court personnel, parties, children and witnesses;
(d) any limits or conditions that should be imposed on access to, or use of, the record.
(4) Rule 6 of Order 46 of the Federal Court Rules applies to the searching of records in a proceeding that is not a family law or child support proceeding.
(5) In this rule:
"court document" includes a document filed in a case, but does not include correspondence forming part of the court record.
Note 1 Section 121 of the Family Law Act restricts the publication of court proceedings.
Note 2 Access to court records may be affected by the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 .