Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999

A party may claim against another party to the proceeding relief of the kind mentioned in rule 192 by filing and serving a third party notice under this rule.

Subrule (1) does not apply if the claim could be made by counterclaim in the proceeding.

If a party files and serves a third party notice under this rule—

the party on whom it is served is not required to file a notice of intention to defend if the party has filed a notice of intention to defend in the proceeding or is a plaintiff; and

this part otherwise applies with necessary changes as if—

the party filing and serving the notice were a defendant filing and serving a third party notice; and

the party on whom the notice is served were a third party.