33Searches

33 Searches

(1)  A person may request the registrar to search an index or a register.

(2)  A request is to –

(a) be in writing; and

(b) contain details of the information sought in relation to a proceeding; and

(c) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(3)  On receipt of a request, the registrar is to –

(a) cause the index or register to be searched; and

(b) issue a certificate certifying the results of the search.

(4)  Except with the leave of the Court or a judge, a person who is not a party to a proceeding may not search in a registry for, or inspect, the following:

(a) with respect to proceedings in chambers, any judgment, order, transcript of a proceeding or other document;

(b) any affidavit, interrogatories, answers to interrogatories, list of documents given on discovery, admissions, evidence taken on deposition, subpoena or document lodged in answer to a subpoena;

(c) any document which the registrar considers ought to remain confidential to the parties.

(5)  [Rule 33 Subrule (5) inserted by S.R. 2015, No. 99, Applied:06 Jan 2016] Subrule (4) does not apply to a person who makes a request under subrule (1) for the purpose of reporting for the Council of Law Reporting for Tasmania.