SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 33KA Court powers concerning group membership

SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 33KA

    (1)     On the application of a party to a group proceeding or of its own motion, the Court may at any time, whether before or after judgment, order—

        (a)     that a person cease to be a group member;

        (b)     that a person not become a group member.

    (2)     The Court may make an order under subsection (1) if of the opinion that—

        (a)     the person does not have sufficient connection with Australia to justify inclusion as a group member; or

        (b)     for any other reason it is just or expedient that the person should not be or should not become a group member.

    (3)     If the Court orders that a person cease to be a group member, then, if the Court so orders, the person must be taken never to have been a group member.

S. 33L inserted by No. 78/2000 s. 13.