Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997 (34 of 1997)

Schedule 14   Amendment of the Service and Execution of Process Act 1992

5   After subsection 17(1)

Insert:

(1A) If, under a provision (the State provision ) of the law of the place of issue, the period in which an appearance is required or permitted to be entered in respect of process served in the place of issue varies according to the distance of the place of service from another place, the period referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) is to be calculated by reference to the longest distance mentioned in the State provision.