Where a statute requires a prospective plaintiff to apply in an 'approved form' before commencing proceedings, and no valid approved form exists because the administering body has failed to create one, the statutory precondition does not bar the plaintiff's access to the courts. A form purportedly approved under a statutory power to approve forms is not validly approved if it bears no intelligible connection to the statutory purpose for which the form is required.
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