Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Act 1970

Any party to any action, arbitration or proceeding relating to an excluded asset is entitled at any stage thereof to amend any writ, pleading or other document filed by him in the action, arbitration or proceeding by substituting therein for the name of A.N.Z. Savings Bank the name of E.S.A. Savings Bank as a party, and no order shall be made against any party so amending to pay to A.N.Z. Savings Bank or to E.S.A. Savings Bank any costs occasioned by such amendment, and the action, arbitration or proceeding shall be continued as if E.S.A. Savings Bank had originally been made a party thereto.