(1) The Supreme Court may, on the application of one or more of the parties
and with the consent of all of the parties, order that proceedings be
commenced in a foreign court in order to answer a question as to the
principles of foreign law or as to their application.
(2) The Supreme Court
may, on the application of one or more of the parties or of its own motion,
order that the question of foreign law be answered by a referee appointed in
accordance with Division 3 of Part 20.
(b) state the facts
or assumptions upon which the answer to the question is to be determined, and
(c) contain a statement to the effect that the foreign court may vary the
facts or assumptions and the question to be answered, and
(d) state whether
and to what extent the parties may depart from the facts or assumptions in the
determination of the question by the foreign court.
(4) The Supreme Court may
give directions for the preparation of a statement as to the nature of the
issue out of which the question arises for inclusion with the question to be
answered by the foreign court or the referee.
