Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

SMALL CLAIMS RULES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Rule

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

           Division 1 - Citation and Commencement

   1.01.   Citation
   1.02.   Commencement

           Division 2 - Application of Rules

   1.03.   Definitions
   1.04.   Application
   1.05.   Time for doing act in pending proceeding

           Division 3 - Interpretation

   1.06.   Definitions

           Division 4 - Miscellaneous

   1.07.   Exercise of power
   1.08.   Procedure wanting or in doubt
   1.09.   Jurisdiction of Judicial Registrar
   1.10.   Jurisdiction of Registrar
   1.11.   Referral of application to magistrate
   1.12.   [Repealed]

   PART 2 - NON-COMPLIANCE WITH RULES

   2.01.   Effect of non-compliance
   2.02.   Proceeding commenced by wrong process
   2.03.   Application to set aside
   2.04.   Dispensing with compliance

   PART 3 - TIME AND DOCUMENTS

           Division 1 - Time

   3.01.   Calculating time
   3.02.   Time for service
   3.03.   Extending or reducing time
   3.04.   Fixing time

           Division 2 - Documents

   3.05.   Content and form
   3.06.   Registrar may return document
   3.07.   Prescribed forms
   3.08.   General power of amendment
   3.09.   How document is filed

   PART 4 - PARTIES

           Division 1 - General

   4.01.   Names of parties
   4.02.   Person under disability
   4.03.   Executors, administrators and trustees
   4.04.   Partners and sole traders
   4.05.   Corporations
   4.06.   Power to act by legal practitioner, &c.
   4.07.   Appearance by party

           Division 2 - Person Under Disability

   4.08.   Definition
   4.09.   Litigation guardian
   4.10.   Person who may be litigation guardian
   4.11.   Consent of litigation guardian
   4.12.   Appointment, &c., of litigation guardian by Court
   4.13.   Pleading admissions by person under disability
   4.14.   Litigation guardian liable for costs

   PART 5 - GENERAL PROCEDURE IN COURT

           Division 1 - Venue of Court

   5.01.   Proper venue
   5.02.   Objection to venue
   5.03.   Transfer of proceeding
   5.04.   Order under section 23 or 24 of the Act

           Division 2 - Commencement of Proceeding and Making Application

   5.05.   How proceeding commenced
   5.06.   Interlocutory or other application

           Division 3 - Discontinuance or Withdrawal

   5.07.   Discontinuance or withdrawal

   PART 6 - SERVICE

   6.01.   Documents to be served
   6.02.   When personal service necessary
   6.03.   How personal service effected
   6.04.   Personal service on particular party
   6.05.   Personal service on firm or company
   6.06.   Address for service
   6.07.   How ordinary service effected
   6.08.   Identity of person served
   6.09.   Acceptance of service by legal practitioner
   6.10.   Substituted service
   6.11.   Confirmation of informal service
   6.12.   Service on agent
   6.13.   Service under agreement
   6.14.   No service Christmas Day or Good Friday
   6.15.   Declaration of service

   PART 7 - STATEMENT OF CLAIM

   7.01.   Filing statement of claim
   7.02.   Form and content
   7.03.   Claim not to be divided
   7.04.   Service
   7.05.   Time for service

   PART 8 - NOTICE OF DEFENCE

   8.01.   Filing and service
   8.02.   Form and content
   8.03.   Specific defences
   8.04.   Money claim as defence

   PART 9 - COUNTERCLAIM

   9.01.   Defendant may counterclaim
   9.02.   Content
   9.03.   Hearing of counterclaim
   9.04.   Counterclaim after judgment for plaintiff, &c.

   PART 10 - PAYMENT OF MONEY IN SATISFACTION OF CLAIM

   10.01.  Payment to plaintiff in satisfaction of claim
   10.02.  Payment into Court of whole claim
   10.03.  Payment into Court of part of claim

   PART 11 - ADMISSIONS AND OFFER TO PAY

   11.01.  Definition
   11.02.  Restrictive effect of admission
   11.03.  Voluntary admission of facts and offer to pay
   11.04.  Notice to dispute facts
   11.05.  Notice to dispute authenticity of documents
   11.06.  Costs of proof
   11.07.  Judgment on admissions

   PART 12 - ORDER IN DEFAULT OF DEFENCE

   12.01.  When party may apply for order
   12.02.  Affidavit or statutory declaration required
   12.03.  Registrar may make order or refer to magistrate
   12.04.  Party may apply for re-hearing

   PART 13 - JOINDER OF CLAIMS AND PARTIES

   13.01.  Joinder of claims
   13.02.  Joinder of parties
   13.03.  Removal, addition or substitution of party
   13.04.  Consolidation or hearing together

   PART 14 - APPLICATIONS

   14.01.  Definition
   14.02.  Form of application
   14.03.  Filing
   14.04.  Service
   14.05.  Person served to file affidavit
   14.06.  Failure to attend hearing
   14.07.  Attendance by teleconferencing

   PART 15 - AFFIDAVITS AND STATUTORY DECLARATIONS

   15.01.  Affidavit or statutory declaration may be used
   15.02.  Form of affidavit or statutory declaration

   PART 16 - EVIDENCE

   16.01.  Manner of giving evidence
   16.02.  Inspection by Court

   PART 17 - WITNESS SUMMONS

   17.01.  Order to attend

   PART 18 - PREHEARING CONFERENCE

   18.01.  When prehearing conference held
   18.02.  Who to attend prehearing conference
   18.03.  Attendance by teleconferencing
   18.04.  Procedure at prehearing conference
   18.05.  Consequences of failure to attend, &c.
   18.06.  Order by consent
   18.07.  Order by arbitration
   18.08.  Confidentiality

   PART 19 - HEARING

   19.01.  Fixing date for hearing
   19.02.  Directions
   19.03.  Adjournment
   19.04.  Absence of party
   19.05.  Party may apply for re-hearing
   19.06.  Financial resources

   PART 20 - ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES OR VALUE OF GOODS

   20.01.  Interpretation
   20.02.  When order for assessment may be made
   20.03.  Manner of assessment
   20.04.  Notice to parties
   20.05.  Evidence by affidavit
   20.06.  Summons to give evidence or produce documents
   20.07.  Order to state amount

   PART 21 - ORDERS

   21.01.  General relief
   21.02.  Date of effect
   21.03.  Form of order
   21.04.  Certified copy
   21.05.  Time for compliance
   21.06.  Order by consent
   21.07.  [Repealed]

   PART 22 - INSTALMENT ORDERS

   22.01.  Definitions
   22.02.  Instalment order
   22.03.  Application for instalment order
   22.04.  Certified copy
   22.05.  Notice of objection
   22.06.  Judgment debtor to produce documents
   22.07.  Consent to instalment order
   22.08.  Instalment agreement

   PART 23 - RE-HEARING and appeal from order of registrar

   23.01.  Application for re-hearing
   23.02.  Service
   23.03.  [Repealed]
   23.04.  Re-hearing date
   23.05.  Application for leave to appeal from order made by Registrar
   23.06.  Appeal from order made by Registrar

   PART 24 - COSTS

   24.01.  Application of Local Court Rules

   PART 25 - INTEREST ON JUDGMENT AND COSTS

   25.01.  Definition
   25.02.  Interest on judgment and costs
   25.03.  Interest on costs in interlocutory application
   25.04.  Interest up to judgment
   25.05.  No interest while instalment order in force
   26.01.  - 26.04 [Part 26] [Repealed]

   PART 27 - ENFORCEMENT

   27.01.  Enforcement under Local Court Rules

   PART 28 - REPEAL

   28.01.  Repeal
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           Endnotes