Form 3—Request to appear remotely in theForm 3—Request to appear remotely in the hearing of an application for stay of Australian civil proceeding

## Form 3—Request to appear remotely in the hearing of an application for stay of Australian civil proceeding (section 7) \[Heading\] To the Registrar of the \[Australian commencement court or tribunal\] 1. The \[defendant/defendant’s counsel/defendant and defendant’s counsel\*\] requests under section 18 of the Trans‑Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 (Cth) (‘the Act’) to appear remotely in the hearing of the defendant’s application for a stay of the proceeding. 2. The defendant was \[served/purportedly served\*\] in NZ under section 9 of the Act with the initiating document for the proceeding. 3. The \[Australian commencement court or tribunal\] is determining with a hearing the defendant’s application under section 17 of the Act for an order staying the proceeding. 4. A remote appearance medium is, or can reasonably be made, available for the hearing. 5. The remote appearance can be made from \[place in NZ\]. 6. The \[audio link/audiovisual link\*\] facilities are available at \[courtroom or other place in NZ where remote appearance is to be made\]. 7. I estimate that the remote appearance will take \[amount of time for remote appearance\]. Date: Signature: (Defendant/Defendant’s counsel\*) \*Select one