Acts Interpretation Amendment (Court Procedures) Act 2003

No. 46, 2003

An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, and for related purposes

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Acts Interpretation Act 1901

Acts Interpretation Amendment (Court Procedures) Act 2003

No. 46, 2003

An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, and for related purposes

[Assented to 26 June 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Acts Interpretation Amendment (Court Procedures) Act 2003.

2  Commencement

  This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 7 July 2003.

3  Schedule(s)

  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Acts Interpretation Act 1901

1  After section 27

Insert:

27A  Documents commencing proceedings

  A reference in a provision of an Act to any one or more of the following in connection with court proceedings:

 (a) a summons;

 (b) an information;

 (c) a claim;

 (d) a complaint;

 (e) a declaration;

is taken to include a reference to any document through which proceedings may be instituted in a court.

Note: An example of such a document is a court attendance notice under the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 of New South Wales.

2  Application

The amendment made by this Schedule applies in relation to proceedings instituted on or after 7 July 2003.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 5 June 2003

Senate on 18 June 2003]