Summary Procedure (Service) Regulations 2017

These regulations may be cited as the

Summary Procedure (Service)

Regulations 2017.

These regulations will come into operation on the day on which the

Summary Procedure (Service) Amendment

Act 2017 comes into operation.

In these regulations—

Act means the Summary Procedure

Act 1921.

For the purposes of section 27 of the Act—

a summons, notice or other document cannot be issued, given or sent to, or served on, a person by means of transmitting a text message or multimedia message between 2 or more mobile phones, or between fixed or portable devices over a phone network; and

a summons, notice or other document cannot be issued, given or sent to, or served on, a person by email or some other electronic means if it includes any sensitive material within the meaning of section 67H of the

Evidence

Act 1929.

Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply if the sensitive material is issued, given or sent to, or served on, a person by a prosecuting authority in the exercise of its powers under Part 7 Division 10 of the

Evidence

Act 1929.