Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Supreme Court Act 1986 - SECT 33A

Definitions

33A. Definitions

In this Part-

Chapter I of the Rules means the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules
2005;



defendant means a person against whom relief is sought in a group proceeding;

group member means a member of a group of persons on whose behalf a group
proceeding has been commenced;

group proceeding means a proceeding commenced under this Part;

handicapped person means a person who is incapable by reason of injury,
disease, senility, illness or physical or mental infirmity of managing his or
her affairs in relation to the proceeding;

person under disability means a minor or handicapped person;

plaintiff means a person who commences a group proceeding as a representative
party or a person who is substituted under section 33T(1) or 33W(3);

sub-group member means a person included in a sub-group established under
section 33Q;

sub-group representative party means a person appointed to be a sub-group
representative party under section 33Q.