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Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
sec.146Formal requirements
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### sec.146 Formal requirements
A pleading must—
state the number of the proceeding; and
state the description of the pleading; and
be filed and state the date on which it is filed; and
be signed by the solicitor for the party filing it or, if the party appears or defends in person, the party; and
be consecutively numbered on each page; and
be divided into consecutively numbered paragraphs and, if necessary, subparagraphs, each containing, as far as practicable, a separate allegation; and
if it is settled by counsel—state the counsel’s name.
In addition, a pleading (other than a reply) must have on it a notice to the party on whom the pleading is served under rule 164 informing the party about the time for serving pleadings in response under rule 164 .
r 146 amd 2000 SL No. 127 s 20
(sec.146-ssec.1) A pleading must— state the number of the proceeding; and state the description of the pleading; and be filed and state the date on which it is filed; and be signed by the solicitor for the party filing it or, if the party appears or defends in person, the party; and be consecutively numbered on each page; and be divided into consecutively numbered paragraphs and, if necessary, subparagraphs, each containing, as far as practicable, a separate allegation; and if it is settled by counsel—state the counsel’s name.
(sec.146-ssec.2) In addition, a pleading (other than a reply) must have on it a notice to the party on whom the pleading is served under rule 164 informing the party about the time for serving pleadings in response under rule 164 .
- (a) state the number of the proceeding; and
- (b) state the description of the pleading; and
- (c) be filed and state the date on which it is filed; and
- (d) be signed by the solicitor for the party filing it or, if the party appears or defends in person, the party; and
- (e) be consecutively numbered on each page; and
- (f) be divided into consecutively numbered paragraphs and, if necessary, subparagraphs, each containing, as far as practicable, a separate allegation; and
- (g) if it is settled by counsel—state the counsel’s name.