FORM 11A THIRD PARTY NOTICE
rule 11.02
IN THE SUPREME COURT					No. 
OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
OF AUSTRALIA AT 
[DARWIN / ALICE SPRINGS]

BETWEEN				A.B.				Plaintiff
					and
					C.D.				Defendant
					and
					E.F.				Third Party
TO E.F.
of [address]
	The plaintiff has brought this proceeding against the defendant for the claim set out in the writ and statement of claim [or originating motion and affidavit[s]] served with this notice.
	The defendant disputes the plaintiff's claim on the grounds set out in his defence served with this notice and claims to be entitled to relief against you on the grounds set out in the statement of claim indorsed on this notice.
	IF YOU INTEND TO DISPUTE the plaintiff's claim against the defendant, or the defendant's claim against you, YOU MUST GIVE NOTICE of your intention by filing an appearance within the proper time for appearance stated below.
	YOU OR YOUR SOLICITOR may file the appearance.  An appearance is filed by:
(a)	filing a "Notice of Appearance" in the Registry of the Supreme Court in the Law Courts, State Square, Darwin or where the writ has been filed in the Alice Springs Registry, in the Alice Springs Registry of the Supreme Court;
(b)	on the day you file the Notice or on the next working day, serving, at the defendant's address for service, which is set out at the end of this notice a copy, sealed by the Court.
	IF YOU DO NOT file an appearance within the proper time you will be taken to admit the validity of any judgment against the defendant and your own liability to the defendant to the extent claimed in the statement of claim indorsed on this notice, and the defendant may OBTAIN JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU without giving you further notice.
	*THE PROPER TIME TO FILE AN APPEARANCE is:
(a)	Within 7 days after service:
(i)	where you have been served with the writ filed in the Darwin Registry and that service was within the Northern Territory and within 200 kilometres of Darwin; or
(ii)	where you have been served with the writ filed in the Alice Springs Registry and that service was within the Northern Territory and within 200 kilometres of Alice Springs;
(b)	Within 14 days after service, where you are served within the Northern Territory with a writ filed in either Darwin or Alice Springs Registry but you are served at a place not within 200 kilometres of the Registry in which it was filed;
(c)	Within 21 days after service where you are served with the writ out of the Northern Territory but within the Commonwealth;
(d)	Within 28 days after service, where you are served with the writ in New Zealand or in Papua New Guinea;
(e)	Within 42 days after service, where you are served with the writ in any other place.
	FILED [date]
REGISTRAR
Part 2
STATEMENT OF CLAIM
	[Set out in separate, consecutively numbered paragraphs all the material facts relied on for the claim against the third party and state precisely the relief claimed.]
Part 3
	1.**	This notice was filed:
(a)	by the defendant in person;
(b)	for the defendant by [name of firm of solicitor], solicitor, of [business address of solicitor];
(c)	for the defendant by [name or firm of solicitor], solicitor, of [business address of solicitor] as agent for [name or firm of principal solicitor], solicitor, of [business address of principal].
	2.	The address of the defendant is: [address] 
	3.	The address for service of the defendant is: [address]
	4.	The address of the third party is: [address]
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* Strike out this paragraph when order made fixing time for appearance and substitute: "The proper time for appearance is within [number] days after service on you of this notice".
** Complete or strike out as appropriate.