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#### 155 Definitions 155 Definitions (cf s33A FCA) > In this Part— > > Court means the Supreme Court. > > defendant means a person against whom relief is sought in representative proceedings. > > group member means a member of a group of persons on whose behalf representative proceedings have been commenced. > > proceedings means proceedings in the Court other than criminal proceedings. > > representative party means a person who commences representative proceedings. > > representative proceedings—see section 157. > > sub-group member means a person included in a sub-group established under section 168. > > sub-group representative party means a person appointed to be a sub-group representative party under section 168. > > Note. > > For the purposes of comparison, a number of provisions of this Part contain bracketed notes in headings drawing attention (“cf”) to equivalent or comparable (though not necessarily identical) provisions of Part IVA of the [Federal Court of Australia Act 1976](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) (“FCA”) of the Commonwealth as in force immediately before the commencement of this Part. > > **pt 2A, divs 1–6 (ss 18A–18O):** Ins 2010 No 135, Sch 6.2 \[2\]. Rep 2013 No 1, Sch 1.6 \[2\]. > > **s 155:** Ins 2010 No 135, Sch 6.1 \[2\].