Civil Procedure Act 2005

At any stage of the proceedings, the court—

may, by order, dispense with the rules of evidence for proving any matter that is not bona fide in dispute, also with such rules of evidence as may give rise to expense or delay, and

without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), may, by order, dispense with the proof of handwriting, documents, the identity of parties or parcels of land, or of authority, and

may, by order, require any party (not being a person under legal incapacity) to make admissions with respect to any document or to any question of fact, and

in the case of a party’s refusal or neglect to make any admission required under paragraph (c), may, unless of the opinion that the refusal or neglect is reasonable, order that the costs of proof occasioned by the refusal or neglect are to be paid by the party.

An admission made under subsection (1) (c)—

is to be for the purpose of the proceedings in which it is made and for no other purpose, and

is to be subject to all just exceptions, and

may, with the leave of the court, be amended or withdrawn.