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SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 33J

Right of group member to opt out

    (1)     The Court must fix a date before which a group member may opt out of a group proceeding.

    (2)     A group member may opt out of the group proceeding by notice in writing before the date so fixed.

    (3)     The Court, on the application of a group member, the plaintiff or the defendant, may extend the period within which a group member may opt out of the group proceeding.

    (4)     Except with the leave of the Court, the trial of a group proceeding must not commence earlier than the date before which a group member may opt out of the proceeding.

    (5)     Unless the Court otherwise orders, a person who has opted out of a group proceeding must be taken never to have been a group member.

    (6)     The Court, on the application of a person who has opted out of a group proceeding, may reinstate that person as a group member on such terms as the Court thinks fit.

S. 33K inserted by No. 78/2000 s. 13.



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