Set-off etc

In force

If, in an action (the principal action), a claim is made by way of set‑off, counterclaim or cross-action, the claim, for this Act—

(a)

is a separate action; and

(b)

is, as against a person against whom the claim is made, brought on the only or earlier of such of the following dates as are applicable:

(i)

the date when he or she becomes a party to the principal action;

(ii)

the date when he or she becomes a party to the claim.

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