Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Act does not affect a decision of a court or tribunal to allow substituted service of a process.
(2) This Act does not affect the operation of:
(a) the Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983 , or a law of a State that, in an instrument published under section 5 of that Act, is declared to be a State transfer law of the State; or
(b) the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 ; or
(c) the Removal of Prisoners ( Australian Capital Territory ) Act 1968 of the Australian Capital Territory ; or
(d) the Family Law Act 1975 , or the regulations or Rules of Court made under that Act.
(3) This Act does not affect the operation of a law of a State so far as the law provides for service of a subpoena on a person:
(a) only after permission or leave has been given; or
(b) only if it is served not less than a specified number of days, being greater than 14 days, before the date for compliance with the subpoena.
(3A) This Act:
(a) does not affect the operation of the cross - border laws; and
(b) does not apply to a person in relation to a particular matter if the cross - border laws would, apart from this Act, apply to the person in relation to the matter.
(4) Subject to this Act, this Act applies to the exclusion of a law of a State (the relevant State ) with respect to:
(a) the service or execution in another State of process of the relevant State that is process to which this Act applies; or
(b) the service or execution in the relevant State of process of another State that is process to which this Act applies; or
(c) the service or execution in another State of judgments of a court of the relevant State that are judgments to which this Act applies; or
(d) the service or execution in the relevant State of judgments of a court of another State that are judgments to which this Act applies; or
(e) the service or execution in another State of judgments to which this Act applies that are orders of a tribunal of the relevant State; or
(f) the service or execution in the relevant State of judgments to which this Act applies that are orders of a tribunal of another State.