Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, civil proceeding means any proceeding in a court of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory, other than a criminal proceeding.
Note: The Act only applies to a civil proceeding in respect of which a notice has been given under section 6A.
(2) To avoid doubt, each of the following is part of a civil proceeding :
(a) any proceeding on an ex parte application (including an application made before pleadings are filed in a court);
(b) the discovery, exchange, production, inspection or disclosure of intended evidence, documents or reports ;
(c) an appeal proceeding;
(d) any interlocutory or other proceeding prescribed by regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
(3) To avoid doubt, a re - hearing, and proceedings relating to the re - hearing (including those mentioned in subsection ( 2)), are part of the same civil proceeding as the hearing.