Criminal Procedure Act 1986

A registrar, if requested to do so by a party to proceedings, is, subject to and in accordance with the rules, to issue to the person named any of the following subpoenas—

a subpoena to give evidence,

a subpoena for production,

a subpoena both to give evidence and for production.

If the prosecutor in proceedings is a public officer or a police officer, the officer may, subject to and in accordance with the rules, issue any such subpoena. The subpoena is to be filed and served in accordance with the rules.

A police officer may issue a subpoena under subsection (2) on behalf of a public officer.

A subpoena to give evidence and a subpoena for production may be issued to the same person in the same proceedings.

A party may require a subpoena for production to be returnable—

on any day on which the proceedings are listed before a court, or any day not more than 21 days before any such day, or

with the leave of the court or a registrar, on any other day.