Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECTION ORDERS REGULATION 2009 (NO 10 OF 2009) - REG 63

    (1)     At any stage of a proceeding, the Magistrates Court may order that a document filed in the proceeding be amended, or give leave to a party to amend a document filed by the party in the proceeding, in the way the court considers just.

    (2)     The Magistrates Court may make the order on application by a party or on its own initiative.

    (3)     All amendments necessary to do the following must be made:

        (a)     to work out the real questions raised by, or otherwise depending on, the proceeding;

        (b)     to correct a defect or error in the proceeding;

        (c)     to avoid multiple proceedings.

    (4)     If, in a document filed in a proceeding, there has been a mistake in the name of a party to the proceeding, subsection (1) applies in relation to the person intended to be made a party as if the person were a party.

    (5)     This section does not apply to the amendment of an order or certificate.