Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT 1971 - ORDER 11A RULE 1

1 .         Definitions

                In this Order — 

        additional authority means a person being an officer of the Court designated by the Commonwealth of Australia, to be an authority in addition to the Central Authority, for the purposes of the Hague Convention;

        applicant , in relation to a request for service, means the competent authority that forwards that request to a Central Authority or additional authority;

        Central Authority means a person or body designated by the Commonwealth of Australia from time to time to be the Central Authority for the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Hague Convention;

        civil proceedings means any judicial proceedings in respect of civil or commercial matters, other than criminal proceedings;

        competent authority , in relation to a document to be served, means an authority or judicial officer competent, under the law of the Convention country in which the document originates, to forward a request for service;

        Convention country means a party to the Hague Convention, other than Australia;

        Hague Convention means the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters done at the Hague on 15 November 1965;

        request for service , in relation to a document originating in a Convention country means a request in writing, in accordance with Form 5A or Form 5B in the Second Schedule, made by a competent authority requesting that the document be served on a person in the State.

        [Rule 1 inserted in Gazette 7 Feb 1992 p. 676-7.]