3Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

court includes the extended meaning given in section 4.

document means any record of information, and includes:

(a) anything on which there is writing; or
(b) anything on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; or
(c) anything from which sounds, images or writings can be reproduced with or without the aid of anything else; or
(d) a map, plan, drawing or photograph.

excluded family proceeding means:

(a) a proceeding in respect of an application made under the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction signed at The Hague on 25 October 1980; or
(b) a proceeding relating to the status or property of a person who is not fully able to manage his or her own affairs.

Note: The text of the Convention referred to in paragraph (a) is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1987 No. 2 ([1987] ATS 2). In 2009, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).

expenses, in relation to a subpoena, include the reasonable costs of:

(a) necessary travel to and from, and accommodation at, the place where complying with the subpoena is required; or
(b) finding, collating and producing a document or thing; for the purposes of complying with the subpoena.

fax, in relation to a document, means a copy of the document that has been reproduced by facsimile telegraphy.

federal court includes the extended meaning given in section 4.

inferior court means a court that is not a superior court.

New Zealand Act means an Act of the Parliament of New Zealand.

New Zealand Minister means a Minister of the Crown of New Zealand.

official instrument includes a proclamation, commission, appointment,warrant or order.

person named, in relation to a subpoena, means the person to whom the subpoena is addressed.

public document includes: