--(1) Paragraph (2) specifies the conditions to be satisfied for the purposes of-
----(a) rule 23.4(2) (minor's next friend without court order);
----(b) rule 23.5(3) (patient's next friend without order if nobody is authorised under Part VII of the Act);
----(c) rule 23.7(3);
----(d) rule 23.8(5); or
----(e) rule 23.9(9).
--(2) A person may act as a next friend if he-
----(a) can fairly and competently conduct proceedings on behalf of the minor or patient; and
----(b) has no interest adverse to that of the minor or patient.
Notes
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