Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to the other paragraphs of this Rule, any party may serve interrogatories on another party relating to any question between them in the proceeding.
(2) Where the pleadings between any parties are closed, interrogatories may be served without leave of the Court by any of those parties on any other of them.
(3) Where paragraph (2) does not apply, the Court may order that any party may serve interrogatories on any other party.
(4) By leave of the Court an interrogating party may serve further interrogatories.
Rule 30.02(5) amended by S.R. No. 135/2024 rule 8.
(5) An interrogatory served without reasonable cause is, for the purposes of an assessment or taxation of costs, work which is unreasonable.
(6) Interrogatories shall not be served on any other party without leave of the Court in—
(a) a proceeding under the Workers Compensation Act 1958 ; or
(b) a proceeding under the Accident Compensation Act 1985 .