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6101 Documents—compliance with approved form
(1) If an approved form for a document requires particular information to
be included in the document or a particular document (including an
annexure or exhibit) to be attached to, or filed with the document, the
document is properly completed only if the requirement is complied
with.
Note 1 Substantial compliance with an approved form is otherwise sufficient
(see Legislation Act, s 255 (4)), unless the Legislation Act, s 255 (5)
applies (see note to r (3)).
Note 2 The court may, by order, dispense with compliance with these rules (see r
6 (Dispensing with rules)).
(2) Subrule (1) has effect despite the Legislation Act, section 255 (6).
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(3) To remove any doubt, this rule does not affect the Legislation Act,
section 255 (5).
Note Under the Legislation Act, s 255 (5), if a form requires any of the
following, substantial compliance with the form is not sufficient and the
form is properly completed only if the requirement is complied with:
(a) the form to be signed;
(b) the form to be prepared in a particular way (for example, on paper
of a particular size or quality or in a particular electronic form);
(c) the form to be completed in a particular way;
(d) particular information to be included in the form, or a particular
document to be attached to or given with the form;
(e) the form, information in the form, or a document attached to or
given with the form, to be verified in a particular way (for example,
by statutory declaration).