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3478Foreign judgment—registration
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3478 Foreign judgment—registration
(1) If the court orders that a judgment be registered, the registrar must
register the judgment by entering in the register of foreign judgments
the following particulars of the judgment:
(a) the full name and last-known address of the judgment creditor
and judgment debtor;
(b) the name of the original court;
(c) the details of the judgment;
(d) the date of the order that the judgment be registered;
(e) if the judgment is a money judgment—the amount of the
judgment, at the time of registration of the judgment, in the
currency of the original judgment and in Australian currency
after deducting any amount paid in satisfaction of the judgment;
(f) if the judgment is a non-money judgment—a brief description
of the terms of the judgment;
(g) the amount payable under the judgment after deducting any
amount paid in part satisfaction of the judgment;
(h) any interest that, under the law of the country of the original
court, has become payable under the judgment up to the time of
registration.
(2) The registrar must also record the following details in the register:
(a) the reasonable costs of, and incidental to, registration of the
judgment including—
(i) the cost of obtaining a certified copy of the judgment from
the original court; and
(ii) the costs of obtaining from foreign exchange dealers
evidence of the rates at which Australian dollars may be
bought in the currency in which the judgment is expressed;
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(b) any special directions contained in the order for registration.