Form 2.31	Bond for payment into court
Court Procedures Rules 2006
(see r 1002 (Payment into court—bond))
In the *[Supreme/Magistrates] Court of the Australian Capital Territory

No *[SC/MC]		of (year)

(name)
Plaintiff

(name)
Defendant

1.	(Name of approved person) agrees to pay the Registrar 
$ (state amount) if—
(a)		the plaintiff accepts the amount under rule 1006 (Payment into court—acceptance by plaintiff); and
(b)		the defendant fails to pay into court the amount of the bond within 14 days after the day the notice of acceptance is served on the defendant (see rule 1006 (4)).
2.	This bond is a deed.
3.	This bond remains in effect unless the Court otherwise orders (see rule 1002 (3) (Payment into court—bond)).
4.	The parties to the proceeding may consent to the discharge of the bond under rule 1611 (Orders—by consent).
Note	If a party lodges a bond under r 1002 (1), the bond must be given by a person who is an approved person or authorised person under r 1002 (2) (see r 1002 (2) (Payment into court—bond)). If the bond is given by an authorised person, a copy of the person’s authority must be filed with the bond unless the authority has already been filed (see r 1002 (4)).
Date:
(signature of *[appropriate/authorised] person)
(name and address of *[appropriate/authorised] person)
Note	An appropriate person is the person who may, under a law, sign a document for or on behalf of the approved person eg the Corporations Act, s 127 (Execution of documents (including deeds) by the company itself) provides how a corporation may sign a document.

Signed at

before me:

Signature of witness

(name and address of witness)

*omit if, or whichever is, inapplicable