{"id":"C1955L00086","name":"Service and Execution of Process Regulations","slug":"c1955l00086","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"86 of 1955","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320693,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1955L00086-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Service and Execution of Process Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1955\\. No. .\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS ACT 1901-1953.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth, of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Service and Execution of Process Act 1901-1953.\n\nDated this twenty-third day of November, 1955.\n\nW. J. Slim\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\n(SGD.) J. A. SPICER\n\nAttorney-General.\n\nService and Execution of Process Regulations.\n\nCitation.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Service and Execution of Process Regulations.\n\nApplication of Service and Execution of Process Act to Cocos (Keeling) Islands.\n\n2\\. The Service and Execution of Process Act 1901-1953 applies to, and in relation to, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1955.\n\nPrinted for the Government of the Commonwealth by A. J. Arthur at the Government Printing Office, Canberra.\n\n4488/55.—Price 3d. 9/23.9.1955.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2038},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1955 instrument. Its scope remains exactly as intended: a narrow, technical extension of the parent Act to one specific territory without any expansion into substantive procedural rules or additional jurisdictions."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 regulations total","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, unqualified operative provision","No exceptions, conditions, or procedural steps"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** Short 1955 rules made under the *Service and Execution of Process Act* (a law that lets courts serve legal documents on people located in different Australian states or territories).\n\n**What it does:** It extends that Act to cover the **Cocos (Keeling) Islands**. This means court documents—such as summonses, subpoenas, or bankruptcy notices—can be formally delivered to people or businesses in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands using the same procedures as between mainland states.\n\n**Who it affects:** Lawyers, court officers, and anyone who needs to serve legal papers on someone located in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.\n\n**Why it matters:** It ensures the standard national rules for serving court documents apply consistently in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, avoiding confusion about whether papers served there would be legally valid."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1955l00086","history":"/api/acts/c1955l00086/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1955l00086/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1955l00086/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1955l00086/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1955l00086/documents"}}