Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1994 No. 357 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT RULES - ORDER 11 RULE 13

13. (1) Subject to subrule (3) and to Order 43, rule 7 (persons under
disability), an allegation of fact made by a party in a pleading is deemed to
be admitted by the opposite party unless:

   (a)  it is traversed by that party in a pleading; or

   (b)  a joinder of issue under rule 14 operates as a denial of it.

(2) A traverse may be made either by a specific denial or by a statement of
specific non-admission.

(3) Subject to subrule (4):

   (a)  every allegation of fact made in a statement of claim or counterclaim
        which the party on whom it is served does not intend to admit, must be
        specifically traversed in the party's defence or defence to
        counterclaim, as the case may be; and

   (b)  a general denial of such allegations, or a general statement on
        non-admission of them is not a sufficient traverse of them.

(4) Any allegation that a party has suffered damage and any allegations as to
the amount of damages is deemed to be traversed unless specifically admitted.