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308 Third-party notice—service
(1) A defendant to a proceeding who files a third-party notice must serve
a sealed copy of the notice and accompanying statement of claim on
the third party as if—
(a) the notice were an originating claim in a proceeding; and
(b) the defendant were a plaintiff and the third party were a
defendant in the proceeding.
Note Rule 54 (Originating claim—filing and service) deals with service of an
originating claim.
(2) The defendant must serve the following documents with the
third-party notice:
(a) a sealed copy of any order giving leave to file the notice;
(b) a sealed copy of any directions about filing and serving the
notice;
(c) a copy of a sealed copy of any other relevant order made in
relation to the proceeding;
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(d) a copy of a sealed copy of the originating claim and
accompanying statement of claim;
(e) a copy of a stamped copy of all other pleadings filed in the
(f) a copy of a stamped copy of all applications in the proceeding
not finally disposed of;
(g) a copy of all affidavits filed in the proceeding, other than
affidavits that are not relevant to the issues arising on the
third-party notice;
(h) a copy of all other documents that have been served by the
plaintiff on the defendant, or by the defendant on the plaintiff,
and are intended to be relied on;
(i) a copy of all amendments of any document mentioned in
paragraphs (d) to (h) or details of the amendments.