{"id":"C1920L00136","name":"Service and Execution of Process Regulations","slug":"service-and-execution-of-process-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"136 of 1920","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20878,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1920L00136-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Service and Execution of Process Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1920\\. No. 136.\n\n————\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS ACT 1901-1918.\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 1901-1918, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this twenty-eighth day of July, 1920.\n\nR. M. FERGUSON,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nLITTLETON E. GROOM,\n\nfor the Attorney-General.\n\n————\n\nService and Execution of Process Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the Service and Execution of Process Regulations.\n\nApplication of Act to Territories of Papua and Norfolk Island.\n\n2\\. The provisions of the Service and Execution of Process Act 1901-1918 shall apply to—\n\n(a) the service and execution in the Territories of Papua and Norfolk Island of the civil and criminal process of the Courts of any State or part of the Commonwealth and the execution in those Territories of the judgments of those Courts; and\n\n(b) the service and execution in any State or part of the Commonwealth of the civil and criminal process of the Courts of the Territories of Papua and Norfolk Island, and the execution in any State or part of the Commonwealth of the judgments of those Courts,\n\nin like manner as if those Territories were part of the Commonwealth:\n\nProvided that in that application of the Act section eight of the Act shall be read as if after paragraph (a) there were inserted the following paragraph:—\n\n“(ab) If the writ is issued or is to be served in the Territory of Papua or the Territory of Norfolk Island—Three months;”.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1405},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations maintain their original narrow scope of extending the Service and Execution of Process Act to the Territories of Papua and Norfolk Island with minimal procedural modifications."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 regulations in total","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, straightforward extension of existing Act to territories","Only one conditional modification (the three-month time limit for writs)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** These regulations extend Australia's cross-border court rules to Papua and Norfolk Island, allowing legal documents and court judgments to move between these territories and the Australian states.\n\n**Key changes:**\n- **Service of documents:** Court papers (such as writs, subpoenas, or summonses) from Australian state courts can now be legally served on people in Papua and Norfolk Island — and vice versa.\n- **Enforcement of judgments:** Court judgments made in Papua or Norfolk Island can be enforced in Australian states, and Australian judgments can be enforced in those territories.\n- **Three-month rule:** If a writ (the legal document that starts a lawsuit) is issued or served in Papua or Norfolk Island, it remains valid for **three months** before expiring.\n\n**In plain terms:** This treats Papua and Norfolk Island as if they were part of Australia for the purposes of delivering court documents and enforcing court decisions across borders."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/service-and-execution-of-process-regulations","history":"/api/acts/service-and-execution-of-process-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/service-and-execution-of-process-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/service-and-execution-of-process-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/service-and-execution-of-process-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/service-and-execution-of-process-regulations/documents"}}