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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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.
(90/03)
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 5 June 2003
Senate on 18 June 2003]