UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 501 Court may refer question to referee

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 501

501 Court may refer question to referee

(1) The court may, at any stage of a proceeding, make an order referring a question in the proceeding to a referee to—

(a) conduct an inquiry into the question; and

(b) prepare a report (the
"referee’s report" ) to the court on the question.

(2) However, the court may not make an order under subrule (1) in relation to a question that is required to be tried by a jury.

(3) An order under subrule (1) —

(a) must appoint a person as the referee for the question; and

(b) must state the question for the referee; and

(c) must require the referee to decide the question or give the referee’s opinion on the question; and

(d) may direct the referee to give further information in the referee’s report as the court considers appropriate.

(4) In this rule—


"question" means a question—

(a) whether of fact or law, or both; and

(b) whether identified by the court or raised by pleadings, agreement of the parties or otherwise.