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33A Definitions
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S. 33A def. of *Chapter I of the Rules* amended by Nos 24/2008 s. 89(a), 22/2020 s. 3.
***Chapter I of the Rules*** means the Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015;
***defendant*** means a person against whom relief is sought in a group proceeding;
***group member*** means a member of a group of persons on whose behalf a group proceeding has been commenced;
***group proceeding*** means a proceeding commenced under this Part;
***handicapped person*** means a person who is incapable by reason of injury, disease, senility, illness or physical or mental infirmity of managing his or her affairs in relation to the proceeding;
***person under disability*** means a minor or handicapped person;
***plaintiff*** means a person who commences a group proceeding as a representative party or a person who is substituted under section 33T(1) or 33W(3);
***sub-group member*** means a person included in a sub-group established under section 33Q;
***sub-group representative party*** means a person appointed to be a sub-group representative party under section 33Q.
S. 33B inserted by No. 78/2000 s. 13.