(1) A party (the first party ) to a proceeding on an application may, by notice served on another party, ask the other party to admit, for the proceeding only, the facts or documents stated in the notice.
Note If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 for this provision, the form must be used.
(2) The other party is taken to admit, for the proceeding only, each of the facts, or the authenticity of each of the documents, stated in the notice if, at the end of 21 days after the day the notice is served on the party, the party has not served a notice on the first party disputing the fact or authenticity of the document.
(3) The other party may, with the Magistrates Court's leave, withdraw an admission taken to have been made by the party under subsection (2).