South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations10—Service of summons to appear as a witness
(1) For the purposes
of section 143 of the new National Electricity Law, a summons issued by
the AER must include—
(a) the
name and address of the person on whom the summons is to be served; and
(b) if
the summons is for the production of a document—
(i)
a proper description of the document; and
(ii)
if the document is to be produced by a person that is a
corporation, the name and title of the appropriate officer of the corporation
who is to attend and produce the document; and
(c) the
date, time and place of the hearing of the AER at which the person is required
to attend and (if required) to produce the document.
(2) The summons will
remain in force for a period specified in the summons or, if no period is
specified, until the conclusion of the proceeding in relation to which the
summons has been issued.
(3) The summons will
be taken to be effectively served if—
(a) a
copy of the summons is handed to the person to be served or, where service by
that method is refused or obstructed or made impracticable, a copy of the
summons is placed as near as practicable to the person and the person is
informed of the nature of the summons; or
(b) a
copy of the summons is delivered to a legal practitioner acting for the person
to be served and the legal practitioner endorses a statement on the summons to
the effect that the legal practitioner accepts service; or
(c)
where the person to be served is a corporation, a copy of the summons is
served on the corporation in accordance with the provisions of the
Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; or
(d) a
copy of the summons is served in accordance with an agreement made between the
parties as to the place and method of service and the person on whom service
may be effected; or
(e) an
answer to the summons is filed with the AER; or
(f) the
AER is satisfied that the person to be served has received a copy of the
summons.