Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) After a proceeding has been allocated a first court date, a party (the requesting party ) may serve on another party (the answering party ) a request to answer specific questions.
(2) A party may only serve one set of specific questions on another party.
(3) The specific questions must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be limited to 20 questions (with each question taken to be one specific question); and
(c) not be vexatious or oppressive.
(4) If an answering party is required, by a written notice served under rule 6.09 or an order, to give the requesting party a list of documents, the answering party is not required to answer the questions until the time for disclosure under Part 6.2 or an order has expired.
(5) The requesting party must serve a copy of any request to answer specific questions on all other parties.