New Zealand Acts

TRANS-TASMAN PROCEEDINGS ACT 2010 - SECT 88

88 Issue of subpoenas in Australian proceedings

1 An order of subpoena, issued by the Federal Court with the leave of a Judge of that court, requiring the attendance of a person in New Zealand to give evidence or to produce documents for the purposes of an Australian proceeding may be served on that person in New Zealand by leaving a sealed copy of the subpoena with that person personally, together with a statement setting out the rights and obligations of that person, including information as to the manner in which an application may be made to that court to have the subpoena set aside.

2 A person who has been served with an order of subpoena under subsection (1) may not be compelled to comply with the order unless, at the time of service of the order or at some other reasonable time before the hearing, allowances and travelling expenses or vouchers sufficient to enable that person to comply with the order are tendered or paid to that person.

Note: 1908 No 89 s 56K

History: Section 88: inserted, on 1 March 2017, by section 8 of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 70).