Terms used
3 Terms used
In this Act —
Court means the Supreme Court;
group member means a member of a group of persons on whose behalf a representative proceeding has been commenced;
proceeding means a civil proceeding in the Court;
representative party means a person who commences a representative proceeding or who is substituted as a representative party under this Act;
representative proceeding means a proceeding commenced as a representative proceeding under this Act;
respondent means a person against whom relief is sought in a representative proceeding;
sub‑group member means a person included in a sub‑group established under section 18;
sub‑group representative party means a person appointed to be the sub‑group representative party for sub‑group members or who is substituted as a sub‑group representative party under this Act.
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