Victorian Current Acts

SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 33A

In this Part—

S. 33A def. of Chapter I of the Rules amended by Nos 24/2008 s. 89(a), 22/2020 s. 3.

"Chapter I of the Rules" means the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 ;

"defendant" means a person against whom relief is sought in a group proceeding;

"group member" means a member of a group of persons on whose behalf a group proceeding has been commenced;

"group proceeding" means a proceeding commenced under this Part;

"handicapped person" means a person who is incapable by reason of injury, disease, senility, illness or physical or mental infirmity of managing his or her affairs in relation to the proceeding;

"person under disability" means a minor or handicapped person;

"plaintiff" means a person who commences a group proceeding as a representative party or a person who is substituted under section 33T(1) or 33W(3);

"sub-group member" means a person included in a sub-group established under section 33Q;

"sub-group representative party" means a person appointed to be a sub-group representative party under section 33Q.

S. 33B inserted by No. 78/2000 s. 13.