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: (a) a record required by New Zealand law to be kept of a public document or proceeding; or (b) an entry in a public register or book; or (c) a certificate issued by a New Zealand officer under New Zealand law. > spouse includes de facto spouse. > subpoena means a subpoena to give evidence, a subpoena for production or a subpoena that is both a subpoena to give evidence and a subpoena for production, but does not include a process that requires a person to produce a document in connection with discovery and inspection of documents. > subpoena for production means a process that requires the person named to attend as directed by the order and produce a document or thing for the purpose of evidence. > subpoena to give evidence means a process that requires the person named to attend as directed by the order for the purpose of giving evidence. > superior court means: (a) the High Court; or (b) the Federal Court of Australia or the Family Court of Australia; or (c) the Supreme Court of a State or Territory. (2) A reference in this Act to a subpoena issued by a court is a reference to a subpoena issued by or out of the court.