Commonwealth legislation

Service and Execution of Process Regulations

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Commonwealth

Act Number

86 of 1955

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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).

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.

Who it affects: Lawyers, court officers, and anyone who needs to serve legal papers on someone located in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

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.

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Service and Execution of Process Regulations

STATUTORY RULES.

1955. No. .

REGULATIONS UNDER THE SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS ACT 1901-1953.*

I, 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.

Dated this twenty-third day of November, 1955.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(SGD.) J. A. SPICER

Attorney-General.

Service and Execution of Process Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Service and Execution of Process Regulations.

Application of Service and Execution of Process Act to Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

2. The Service and Execution of Process Act 1901-1953 applies to, and in relation to, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1955.

Printed for the Government of the Commonwealth by A. J. Arthur at the Government Printing Office, Canberra.

4488/55.—Price 3d. 9/23.9.1955.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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