COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES FOR ANNUAL REPORTS -SUMMARY

Although the Court is, of course, neither a statutory authority nor a government department, it has complied where appropriate with the guidelines for annual reports of those bodies as specified below.

A. The Court has complied, where applicable, with the "Guidelines for the content, preparation and presentation of annual reports by statutory authorities", issued in 1982, as follows:

Categories specified in "Guidelines for the Location of material in annual report content, preparation and presentation of annual reports by statutory authorities" (1982)

1. Enabling legislationSection 1.1 and Appendix 5
2. Responsible MinisterNot applicable
3. Powers functions and objectsSections 1.2 and 1.3
4. Membership and staffSections 1.6, 1.7, and 3.6; Appendix 2 and 4 Information c/o Deputy Registrar Principal Registry Federal Court of Australia Level 17 Law Courts Building Queens Square Sydney NSW 2000 Tel: (02) 9230 8336 Fax: (02) 9223 1906
5. Financial statementsAppendix 1
6. Activities and reportsChapters 1, 2 and 3
7. Operational commentsSections 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 and 2.5
8. SubsidiariesNot applicable

B. In addition, the Court has complied, where applicable, with the guidelines entitled "Requirements for departmental annual reports", issued in March 1995 (as amended), as

follows:

Categories specified in "Requirements for departmental annual reports" (1995) Letter of transmission to the Minister Aids to access Contact officer Corporate overview

Structure and senior management

Significant developments in management Social justice and equity Internal and external scrutiny

Other

Industrial democracy Occupational health and safety Freedom of information Advertising and market research

Program performance reporting

Financial and staffing resources summaries

Location of material in annual report

page iii Contents, index, compliance with guidelines page iv Chapters 1 and 3 Sections 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7;

Appendix 2

Chapter 3 Section 1.8 Section 3.7

Section 3.2 Section 3.3 Appendix 8 Section 3.12

Chapter 2, Sections 3.1 and 3.14 Tables 3f and 3i

Staffing overview Section 3.6

Female staff	Section 3.1 and Appendix 7
SES profile	Table 3c
Performance pay	Section 3.6; Table 3d
Categories specified in "Requirements for	Location of material in annual report
departmental annual reports" (1995):
Staff training	Section 3.5
Consultancy services	Section 3.13
Financial statements	Appendix 1