155Definitions

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 (“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].