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Authorisation (Form 21)

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Format: Word (DOCX)
Category: Court form
Form number: Form 21
Version: vc928a494
Last verified: 4 July 2026

Supreme Court of South Australia · District Court of South Australia · Magistrates Court of South Australia · Uniform Civil Rules 2020

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How to lodge - See instructions

1
Assemble the form
Pull the latest Authorisation (Form 21) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine.
2
Review and check
Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill.
3
Lodge the form
Form 22 is Deauthorisation

Lodgement notesForm 22 is Deauthorisation

This form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary, so your practice management system fills it from your matter data - on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.

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Authorisation (Form 21)

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