Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2021
13.01Discontinuance
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13.01 Discontinuance
(1) A party may discontinue an application or response by filing a notice of discontinuance in accordance with the approved form. (2) A notice of discontinuance may be filed: (a) at least 14 days before the day fixed for the final hearing of the application; or (b) with the leave of the Court or a Registrar, at a later time. (3) However, a party must not file a notice of discontinuance without the leave of the Court or a Registrar if the proceeding is a creditor’s petition. (4) A party filing a notice of discontinuance must, as soon as practicable, serve a copy of the notice on each other party to the proceeding.