1983 Ed.]
Employees' Compensation (Rules of Court) Rules
[CAP. 282
B7
20. (1) A respondent from whom compensation is claimed may pay into court a sum which is considered by him to be sufficient to cover his liability.
If no greater compensation be awarded than the sum of money which the respondent has paid into court, the court may order that any costs incurred by such respondent, after payment by him into court of the said sum of money, shall be paid by the applicant.
21. The parties shall lodge with the registrar of the court such copies of documents as are required to be served by the registrar of the court on the other party to the application or to be sent to him.
[Subsidiary]
Payment into court.
Copies to be furnished.
Procedure where sub-contractor desires to
L.N. 227/83.
Forms 10 & 11.
22. (1) Where a principal contractor has given notice (such notice to be in Form 10 in the Schedule) to a sub-contractor of a claim or application for compensation made against the principal contractor, and the sub-contractor desires to intervene, he shall forthwith lodge with the registrar of the court a notice in Form 11 in the Schedule that he so intervenes and shall forthwith serve copies of such notice of intervention upon the applicant and the principal contractor. The sub-contractor shall thereupon be entitled to make copies of the application and of any other document then lodged with the registrar of the court in connexion with the application.
(2) A sub-contractor who has so lodged with the registrar of the court notice that he intervenes shall lodge an answer to the application within 14 days after service upon him of the said notice given by the principal contractor or within such further time as the court may on application allow.
(3) The court may, on the hearing of the application, either order that such person be made a respondent if the court is satisfied that he is entitled so to intervene, or may refuse to make him a respondent and order him to pay the costs incurred by his intervention if satisfied that he is not entitled so to intervene.
23. If any person served with a notice as a sub-contractor desires to dispute the applicant's claim or his own liability to the principal contractor he shall appear before the court; and in default of his so doing he shall be deemed to admit the validity of any order against the principal contractor whether such order is made by consent or otherwise, and his own liability to indemnify the principal contractor to the extent claimed in the notice served on him by the principal contractor.
Disputing sub-contractor to appear before court.
L.N. 227/83.
Interested party
24. The court may at any stage of the proceedings, upon request made to it in writing or of its own motion, order that any person appearing to be interested be joined in the proceedings.
(2)