This Bill proposes to amend the (Cth) Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 which establishes a cooperative scheme, being the Cross Border Justice Scheme, for the service and execution of process and the enforcement of judgments between States and Territories, confirm the capacity of a prisoner to give evidence by audiovisual link before an interstate court, authority, tribunal or person and amend the (Cth) Evidence and Procedure (New Zealand) Act 1994 to expand the range of proceedings covered by the cooperative scheme established between Australia and New Zealand.
Introduced: 19 March 2009 by Robert McClelland MP (Attorney-General), referred to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the same date and its report is due by 7 May 2009.
