Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) This section applies if, at any stage of a proceeding, it appears to the Magistrates Court from the evidence, from the nature or circumstances of the case or from a document filed in the proceeding, that there are grounds for believing that a document relating to a matter in question in the proceeding may be or may have been in the possession of a party (the 1st party ).
(2) The Magistrates Court may order the 1st party to file and serve on another party an affidavit stating—
(a) whether the document is or has been in the 1st party's possession; and
(b) if the document has been but is not then in the 1st party's possession, when the document left the 1st party's possession and what has become of it.
Note Document includes a class of document (see Legislation Act, s 49).