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102 Notice of intention to respond or defence—filing and
(1) In a proceeding started by an originating claim, a defendant must file
any notice of intention to respond, defence, or notice of intention to
respond and defence, not later than the later of the following:
(a) 28 days after the day the claim is served on the defendant;
(b) if the defendant makes an unsuccessful application under rule 40
(Setting aside originating process etc) to have the claim set
aside—7 days after the day the application is refused.
(2) However, if, before the defendant files a defence, an application for
summary judgment under rule 1146 (Summary judgment—for
plaintiff) is served on the defendant, but the court does not on the
application dispose of all the claims for relief against the defendant,
the court may set a time within which the defendant must file a
Note Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application to set a
Rule 103
(3) In a proceeding started by an originating application, a defendant
must file a notice of intention to respond not later than the later of the
(a) on or before the return date for the application;
(b) if the defendant makes an unsuccessful application under rule 40
to have the originating application set aside—7 days after the
day the application is refused.
(4) The registrar must seal the notice of intention to respond or defence
and any filed copies of the notice or defence.
Note The registrar may reject a notice of intention to respond or defence that
and r 6141 (Rejecting documents—inconvenient address for service).
(5) The defendant must serve a sealed copy of the notice of intention to
respond or defence on the plaintiff at the plaintiff’s address for service
on the day it is filed in the court.