3362Disputed election—substitution of plaintiff

3362 Disputed election—substitution of plaintiff (a) the court is deciding whether to give leave under the Electoral Act, section 263 (Withdrawal and abatement of application) for the withdrawal of an election application; or (b) the sole plaintiff, or the last survivor of several plaintiffs, for an election application dies before the trial of the application. (2) The court may order that someone else be substituted as the plaintiff if the other person— (a) is entitled to dispute the validity of the election on similar grounds to the plaintiff; and (b) agrees to be substituted as the plaintiff. Note 1 Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for an order. Division 3.6.3 Questions referred by Legislative Assembly Rule 3363