33JRight of group member to opt out

33J Right of group member to opt out (1) The Court must fix a date before which a group member may opt out of a group proceeding. (2) A group member may opt out of the group proceeding by notice in writing before the date so fixed. (3) The Court, on the application of a group member, the plaintiff or the defendant, may extend the period within which a group member may opt out of the group proceeding. (4) Except with the leave of the Court, the trial of a group proceeding must not commence earlier than the date before which a group member may opt out of the proceeding. (5) Unless the Court otherwise orders, a person who has opted out of a group proceeding must be taken never to have been a group member. (6) The Court, on the application of a person who has opted out of a group proceeding, may reinstate that person as a group member on such terms as the Court thinks fit. S. 33K inserted by No. 78/2000 s. 13.