Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT 1989 - SECT 59B

  (1)   This section applies to a summons or process in any criminal proceedings under this Act, where:

  (a)   the summons or process is required to be served on a body corporate incorporated outside Australia; and

  (b)   the body corporate does not have a registered office or a principal office in Australia; and

  (c)   the body corporate has an agent in Australia.

  (2)   Service of the summons or process may be effected by serving it on the agent.

  (3)   Subsection   (2) has effect in addition to section   28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

Note:   Section   28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 deals with the service of documents.

  (4)   In this section:

"criminal proceeding" includes a proceeding to determine whether a person should be tried for an offence.