Western Australian Current Regulations

BANK MERGERS (NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK AND BANK OF NEW ZEALAND) REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 14

14 .         Amendment of court documents where National erroneously made a party

        (1)         Any party to any action, arbitration, regulatory inquiry or proceeding relating to an excluded asset or a BNZ employee is entitled at any stage to seek leave to amend any writ, pleading or other document filed by the party in the action, arbitration, regulatory inquiry or proceeding by substituting for the name of National the name of BNZ as party.

        (2)         No order is to be made against any party so amending to pay to National or to BNZ any costs occasioned by that amendment.

        (3)         The action, arbitration, regulatory inquiry or proceeding is to be continued as if BNZ had originally been made a party to it.