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Sports Tribunal Act 2006

Sports Tribunal of New Zealand - Jurisdiction and procedure

42: Service of summons

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If you get a witness summons, it can be given to you in two ways. You might get it by someone handing it to you directly, or you might get it in the mail by registered post sent to your home. You will get the summons at least 24 hours before you are needed if it is handed to you, or at least 10 days before if it is sent by mail. If the summons is sent by registered post, it is considered served when it would normally be delivered.

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Jurisdiction and procedure

42Service of summons

  1. A witness summons may be served—

  2. by delivering it personally to the person summoned; or
    1. by posting it by registered post addressed to the person summoned at that person’s usual place of residence.

      1. The summons must,—

      2. if it is served under subsection (1)(a), be served at least 24 hours before the attendance of the witness is required; or
        1. if it is served under subsection (1)(b), be served at least 10 days before the date on which the attendance of the witness is required.

          1. If the summons is posted by registered post, it is deemed for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) to have been served at the time when the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.