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SUPREME COURT CIVIL PROCEDURE ACT 1932 - SECT 84 Notice to be given of certain matters

SUPREME COURT CIVIL PROCEDURE ACT 1932 - SECT 84

Division 3 - Notices Notice to be given of certain matters

(1)  Notice must be given to group members of the following matters in relation to representative proceedings:
(a) the commencement of the proceedings and the right of the group members to opt out of the proceedings before a specified date, being the date fixed under section 71(1) ;
(b) an application by the defendant in the proceedings for the dismissal of the proceedings on the ground of want of prosecution;
(c) an application for approval of a settlement;
(d) an application by a representative party seeking leave to withdraw under section 83 as representative party.
(2)  The Court may dispense with compliance with any or all of the requirements of subsection (1) if the relief sought in the representative proceedings does not include any claim for damages.
(3)  If the Court so orders, notice must be given to group members of the paying into Court of money in answer to a cause of action on which a claim in the representative proceedings is founded.
(4)  The Court, at any stage, may order that notice of any matter be given to a group member or group members.
(5)  Notice under this section must be given as soon as practicable after the occurrence of the event to which it relates.