Statutory Rules 1983 No. 61

Royal Commissions Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Royal Commissions Act 1902.

Dated 27 January, 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Aviation for and on behalf of the Prime Minister

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Commissions Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Royal Commissions Act 1902.

Form of summons to appear before Commission

3. A summons to a person to appear before a Commission at a hearing shall be in, or to the effect of, the form set out in the Schedule.

Service of summons to appear before Commission

4. For the purposes of sub-section 3 (1) or (2) of the Act, each of the following manners of serving a summons is prescribed:

(a) where the person named in the summons is an individual—handing the summons to the person or, if on tender of the summons to the person the person refuses to accept it, putting it down in his presence after he has been told of the nature of the summons; or

(b) where the person named in the summons is a corporation—handing the summons to a person apparently an officer of, or in the service of, the corporation and apparently of or above the age of 16 years—

(i) at the registered office of the corporation; or

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(ii) if there is no registered office, at the principal place of business or the principal office of the corporation,

or, if on tender of the summons to such a person the person refuses to accept it, putting it down in his presence after he has been told of the nature of the summons.

SCHEDULE Regulation 3

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Royal Commissions Act 1902

SUMMONS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMISSION

INQUIRING INTO

To (name)

 (address)

In pursuance of sub-section 2(1) of the Royal Commissions Act 1902, 1,

 , a member of the Commission established under Letters Patent dated   to make inquiry into and report upon

hereby summon you—

(a) to appear before the Commission at the hearing to be held at (address where Commission is to sit) on (date) at (time) to give evidence in relation to the matters into which the Commission is inquiring *[and to produce this summons and the †documents †things/†documents and other things/described in the Schedule]; and

(b) to attend from day to day unless excused or released from further attendance.

SCHEDULE

(description of documents, &c.)

Dated 19 .

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(Signature of the member of the Commission issuing the summons)

* Add words within brackets, if necessary

† Omit, if inapplicable

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 January 1983.

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