Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999

A party who is dissatisfied with a case appraiser’s decision may elect to have the dispute go to trial or be heard in the ordinary way by filing an election in the approved form with the registrar.

The election must be filed within 28 days after the case appraiser’s certificate is filed in the registry.

If an election is filed—

the case appraiser’s decision has no effect other than as provided by rule 344; and

the dispute must be decided in a court as if it had never been referred to the case appraiser.