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Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932
82Approval of Court required for settlement or discontinuance
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### 82 Approval of Court required for settlement or discontinuance
> [*\[Section 82 Repealed by No. 54 of 2000, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Dec 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-12-01/act-2000-054#JS4@Ja14@GC5@EN)
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> > (1) Representative proceedings may not be settled or discontinued without the approval of the Court.
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> > (2) If the Court gives such approval, it may make such orders as are just with respect to the distribution of any money, including interest, paid under a settlement or paid into the Court in relation to the representative proceedings.
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> > (3) Unless the Court is satisfied that it is just to do so, an application for approval of a settlement of representative proceedings may not be determined unless notice has been given to group members in accordance with [section 84](#GS84@EN) .