South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (NEW RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE) ACT 2006 (NO 17 OF 2006) - SECT 4

4—Amendment of section 5—Interpretation

        (1)         Section 5(1), definition of "petitioner"—delete the definition

        (2)         Section 5(1), definition of "plaintiff"—delete the definition and substitute:

"plaintiff" means a person who brings any form of proceeding in the court (other than an appeal)—

            (a)         asserting a right to any form of relief against another; or

            (b)         asking the court to exercise a power or discretion,

and includes a defendant making a claim against another by way of counterclaim or third-party claim;

        (3)         Section 5(1), definition of "pleading"—delete "petition or"