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ACTS INTERPRETATION AMENDMENT (COURT PROCEDURES) ACT 2003 NO. 46, 2003 - 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)


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