Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00819:section:33j
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00819
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 33J
Character Range: 242479–243182

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 representative proceeding.
 (2) A group member may opt out of the representative proceeding by written notice given under the Rules of Court before the date so fixed.
 (3) The Court, on the application of a group member, the representative party or the respondent in the proceeding, may fix another date so as to extend the period during which a group member may opt out of the representative proceeding.
 (4) Except with the leave of the Court, the hearing of a representative proceeding must not commence earlier than the date before which a group member may opt out of the proceeding.