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In forceStatements of claim
Part IVProcess
Division 2Statements of claim
22 Statements of claim
(1)
In a proceeding commenced as an action in rem, the plaintiff must, unless the court otherwise orders, file and serve a statement of claim:
(a)
on each party who has entered an appearance; and
(b)
if a caveat against arrest is in force—on the caveator.
(2)
The statement of claim must be in accordance with the Rules of Court concerned.
(3)
The time within which the statement of claim must be served:
(a)
on a party—is 14 days after the party has entered an appearance; or
(b)
on a caveator—is 14 days after the time when the initiating process in the proceeding was served on the caveator.
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