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Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001
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### 38 Amendments and irregularities
> > (1) The Court may, in any proceedings before it, make any amendments to the proceedings that the Court considers to be necessary in the interests of justice.
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> > (2) Any such amendment may be made –
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> > > > (a) at any stage of the proceedings (including the commencement or purported commencement of proceedings); and
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> > > > (b) on such terms as the Court thinks fit (including, if it can award costs in the proceedings, terms as to costs).
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> > (3) If this Act or the rules of court are not complied with in relation to the commencement (or purported commencement) of proceedings or conduct of proceedings before the Court, the failure to comply is to be treated as an irregularity and does not nullify the proceedings, any step taken in the proceedings or any decision in the proceedings.
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> > (4) For the purposes of [subsection (3)](#GS38@Gs3@EN) , the Court may wholly or partly set aside the proceedings, a step taken in the proceedings or a decision in the proceedings.