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Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
sec.429UOrders and directions for court-appointed experts
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### sec.429U Orders and directions for court-appointed experts
The court may make an order, or give a direction, it considers appropriate in relation to a court-appointed expert, including, for example, a direction about liability for the fees and expenses payable to the expert.
If the court directs that a report from another expert may be obtained by a court-appointed expert, the other expert’s report must be attached to the court-appointed expert’s report when it is given to the registrar.
The court may receive in evidence the report of a court-appointed expert on terms the court considers appropriate.
r 429U ins 2022 SL No. 23 s 3
(sec.429U-ssec.1) The court may make an order, or give a direction, it considers appropriate in relation to a court-appointed expert, including, for example, a direction about liability for the fees and expenses payable to the expert.
(sec.429U-ssec.2) If the court directs that a report from another expert may be obtained by a court-appointed expert, the other expert’s report must be attached to the court-appointed expert’s report when it is given to the registrar.
(sec.429U-ssec.3) The court may receive in evidence the report of a court-appointed expert on terms the court considers appropriate.