UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 56.6 Applications appropriate for preliminary hearing

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 56.6

56.6 Applications appropriate for preliminary hearing

(cf SCR Part 73, rule 10)

(1) Applications appropriate for a preliminary hearing are applications for any order or direction that the Supreme Court should determine before it determines the application for an adoption order or other principal application.

(2) Applications appropriate for a preliminary hearing include applications relating to the following--

(a) joinder of a party in accordance with section 118 of the Adoption Act 2000 , including joinder of a non-consenting father,

(b) giving notice of proceedings to any person,

(c) appointing a guardian ad litem in accordance with section 123 of the Adoption Act 2000 or guardian ad litem or amicus curiae in accordance with section 124 of the Adoption Act 2000 ,

(d) a consent dispense order,

(e) the placement for adoption of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, if a preliminary hearing is required by section 80(2) of the Adoption Act 2000 ,

(f) the adoption of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child,

(g) the registration of an adoption plan,

(h) dispensing with notice under section 88(4) of the Adoption Act 2000 ,

(i) the revocation of a consent dispense order.