Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS ACT 1992 - SECT 47

    In this Part:

"proceeding" means a proceeding in a tribunal in connection with the performance of an adjudicative function by the tribunal.

"subpoena" means a process that requires a person to do one or both of the following:

  (a)   to give oral evidence before a tribunal;

  (b)   to produce a document or thing to a tribunal;

but does not include a process that requires a person to produce a document in connection with discovery and inspection of documents.

"tribunal of issue" , in relation to a process, means the tribunal by which the process was issued.