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### 783F Applicant not appearing at hearing
> [*\[Rule 783F of Part 32 Inserted by S.R. 2002, No. 23, Applied:17 Apr 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-04-17/sr-2002-023#GS4@EN)
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> > (1) An applicant for admission under this Division may elect not to appear in person at the hearing of the application.
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> > (2) An applicant who elects not to appear must –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Rule 783F Subrule (2) amended by S.R. 2008, No. 128, Applied:31 Dec 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-12-31/sr-2008-128#GS46@EN) take and subscribe the oath set out in Form 57BG; and
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> > > > (b) sign a pro forma in the prescribed form for insertion in a roll of practitioners or barristers kept by the Registrar.
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> > (3) The applicant is to sign the pro forma before –
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> > > > (a) the Principal Registrar of the Supreme Court of any State or a Registrar of the High Court of New Zealand; or
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> > > > (b) any officer of such a court the Chief Justice determines.
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> > (4) Before the hearing of the application, the applicant must return to the Registrar –
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> > > > (a) the signed pro forma; and
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> > > > (b) a certificate of the administration of oaths in the prescribed form.