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Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002
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58 Contributor’s response
(1) A contributor must, within the period prescribed by regulation (or, if
no period is prescribed, within 1 month after the day the contributor
receives a contribution notice), give the respondent who gave the
contribution notice a written response (the contributor’s response)—
(a) containing a statement of information prescribed by regulation;
and
(b) accompanied by the documents (if any) prescribed by
regulation.
(2) The contributor’s response must also state—
(a) whether the claim for the contribution or indemnity claimed in
the contribution notice is admitted, denied or admitted in part;
and
(b) if the claim for the contribution or indemnity is admitted in
part—the extent to which it is admitted.
(3) An admission of liability in the contributor’s response—
(a) is not binding on the contributor in relation to any other claim;
and
(b) is not binding on the contributor at all if it later appears the
admission was induced by fraud.
(4) If the respondent requires information given by a contributor under
this section to be verified, the contributor must give the respondent a