21ACDefinitions for Part IIAB

#### 21AC Definitions for Part IIAB In this Part: > additional authority, for a Convention country, means an authority that is: (a) for the time being designated by the country, under Article 18 of the Hague Service Convention, to be an authority (other than the Central Authority) for the country; and (b) competent to receive requests for service abroad emanating from Australia. > applicant, for a request for service abroad, means the person on whose behalf service is requested. > Note: The term applicant may have a different meaning in other provisions of these Regulations. > Central Authority, for a Convention country, means an authority that is for the time being designated by that country, under Article 2 of the Hague Service Convention, to be the Central Authority for that country. > certificate of service means a certificate of service that has been completed for the purposes of Article 6 of the Hague Service Convention. > certifying authority, for a Convention country, means the Central Authority for the country or some other authority that is for the time being designated by the country, under Article 6 of the Hague Service Convention, to complete certificates of service in the form annexed to the Hague Service Convention. > civil proceedings means any judicial proceedings in relation to civil or commercial matters. > Convention country means a country, other than Australia, that is a party to the Hague Service Convention. > defendant, for a request for service abroad of an initiating process, means the person on whom the initiating process is requested to be served. > foreign judicial document means a judicial document that originates in a Convention country and relates to civil proceedings in a court of that country. > forwarding authority means the relevant Registrar. > initiating process means any document by which proceedings (including proceedings on any cross‑claim or third party notice) are commenced. > local judicial document means a judicial document that relates to civil proceedings in the court. > request for service abroad means a request for service in a Convention country of a local judicial document mentioned in subregulation 21AF(1).