New South Wales Repealed Acts

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LOCAL COURTS (CIVIL CLAIMS) ACT 1970 - SECT 69A

69A Matters ancillary to hearing

(1) The rules may make provision for or with respect to:

(a) empowering a party to an action to give another party a notice requiring that other party to do any one or more of the following things:

(i) to give discovery of documents,

(ii) to produce documents for inspection,

(iii) to produce documents at the hearing of the action,

(iv) to attend for a medical examination,

(v) to make admissions for the purposes of the action,

(b) the manner of compliance with such a requirement, and

(c) empowering a court to make such orders as may be prescribed in the event of failure to comply with such a requirement.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the rules may make provision for or with respect to empowering a court to order that a party:

(a) give discovery of documents to any party,

(b) produce documents for inspection by any party,

(c) produce documents at the hearing of any action,

(d) attend for a medical examination,

(e) make admissions for the purposes of the action,

(f) give further particulars of any action commenced, grounds of defence filed or cross-claim brought by the party, or

(g) be at liberty to inspect property, whether real or personal, and whether or not in the possession or control of any party, for the purposes of any action,

and empowering the court to make such further order as may be prescribed in the event of the failure of a party to comply with an order made under rules made for the purposes of this subsection.