Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

SUPREME COURT RULES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 15 OF 1995)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      (1) This rule commences on the day on which these Rules are notified in the Gazette.  
   2.      In these Rules, “Principal Rules” means the Supreme Court Rules.  
   3.      Rule 4 of Order 1 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting in subrule (1) the following definitions:“ ‘Convention country' means a party to the Hague Convention other than Australia; ‘designated authority', in relation to a Convention country, means a person or body designated by that country from time to time, for the purposes of article 6 of the Hague Convention, to be an authority competent to complete a certificate of service; ‘foreign additional authority', in relation to a Convention country, means a person or body designated by that country from time to time, for the purposes of article 18 of the Hague Convention, to be an authority in addition to a foreign Central Authority of that country; ‘foreign Central Authority', in relation to a Convention country, means a person or body designated by that country from time to time, to be a Central Authority for the purposes of article 2 of the Hague Convention; ‘Hague Convention' means the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters done at the Hague on 15 November 1965;”.  
   4.      Rule 1 of Order 11 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting in paragraph (a) “, other than by Part 15” after “Rules”.  
   5.      After Order 11 of the Principal Rules the following Order is inserted:  
   6.      The heading to Order 12 of the Principal Rules is omitted and the following heading substituted:  
   7.      Before rule 2 of Order 12 of the Principal Rules the following rule is inserted in that Order:  
   8.      Rule 10 of Order 12 of the Principal Rules is amended by adding at the end the following subrule:  
   9.      Rule 11 of Order 12 of the Principal Rules is repealed.  
   10.     Rule 12 of Order 12 is amended by omitting “Crown” and substituting “Government”.  
   11.     The heading to Order 14 of the Principal Rules is amended by adding at the end “—GENERAL”.  
   12.     After Order 14 of the Principal Rules the following Order is inserted:  
   13.     The Principal Rules are amended by inserting after Part 14 the following Part:  

           “PART 15--SERVICE OF FOREIGN DOCUMENTS“ORDER 84“DOCUMENTS FROM A CONVENTION COUNTRY

   14.     The Principal Rules are amended by adding at the end the following Schedule:  
           SCHEDULE 15