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Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Rules 1998
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### 155 Access to documents
> > (1) A registrar, on the application of any person and payment of any prescribed fee, is to make available for inspection by that person any of the following:
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> > > > (a) a transcript of evidence taken by the Court in any proceedings;
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> > > > (b) any documentary material admitted into evidence in any proceedings;
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> > > > (c) a transcript of submissions by counsel;
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> > > > (d) a transcript of reasons for judgment;
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> > > > (e) any judgment entered or order made under these rules.
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> > (2) On the payment of any prescribed fee, a registrar is to provide a person with a copy of any material that is available for inspection under this rule.
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> > (3) Evidence or evidentiary material is not to be made available for inspection under this rule if –
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> > > > (a) the evidence or evidentiary material was not given or produced in open court; or
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> > > > (b) the Court has suppressed the evidence or evidentiary material from publication; or
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> > > > (c) the Court has determined that the evidence or evidentiary material is not to be made available for inspection under this rule.
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> > (4) Except with the leave of the Court, a person who is not a party to proceedings is not to search in the registry for, or inspect, any of the following:
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> > > > (a) any judgment, order, transcript of a proceeding or other document that the Court has ordered to remain confidential;
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> > > > (b) any affidavit;
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> > > > (c) any interrogatory or answer to an interrogatory;
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> > > > (d) any list of discovered documents;
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> > > > (e) any admission;
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> > > > (f) any evidence taken on deposition;
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> > > > (g) any summons to a witness or any document lodged with the registrar in answer to a summons to a witness;
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> > > > (h) any other document that the registrar considers ought to remain confidential to the parties.
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> > (5) Except with the leave of the Court, a party is not to search in the registry for, or inspect, any document, evidence or other thing that the Court orders is to be kept confidential or privileged from production.