(1)  If a claim is filed within the period prescribed, the Attorney-General, within 10 days after that period, is to deliver a copy of the writ and statement of claim to each claimant.

(2)  Within 10 days after receiving the writ and statement of claim, a claimant is to –

(a) file a defence; and

(b) deliver a copy of the defence to the Attorney-General.

(3)  Several claimants in an action who are co-proprietors are to defend and be represented in the action by the same practitioner, unless the Court or a judge otherwise orders.

(4)  On the filing of a defence, the same proceedings are to be had and taken, and the action is to proceed and be tried, as if it were an action between subject and subject.