Supreme Court of Judicature (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2021 · As enacted · Part 2 · Simplified Proceedings
33. Form and issue of summons
Feedback & supportA Protection from Harassment Court or the Registrar may, on the Court’s or Registrar’s own motion or upon the application of a party to the simplified proceedings in the appropriate Form, summon any person by a summons in the appropriate Form —
to attend before the Court at the time and place specified in the summons;
to give evidence at the hearing; or
to produce to the Court such document, record or thing in the person’s possession, custody or power as is specified in the summons.
The applicable fee is payable on filing an application to summon a witness under paragraph (1).
The Protection from Harassment Court may determine —
the sum (if any) to be paid to the person summoned under paragraph (1) for each day or part of a day during which the person is required to be present in the Protection from Harassment Court;
which party is to pay the sum mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a); and
where 2 or more persons are to pay such sum, how that sum is to be apportioned between those persons.
Subregulation 1
A Protection from Harassment Court or the Registrar may, on the Court’s or Registrar’s own motion or upon the application of a party to the simplified proceedings in the appropriate Form, summon any person by a summons in the appropriate Form —
to attend before the Court at the time and place specified in the summons;
to give evidence at the hearing; or
to produce to the Court such document, record or thing in the person’s possession, custody or power as is specified in the summons.
Subregulation 2
The applicable fee is payable on filing an application to summon a witness under paragraph (1).
Subregulation 3
The Protection from Harassment Court may determine —
the sum (if any) to be paid to the person summoned under paragraph (1) for each day or part of a day during which the person is required to be present in the Protection from Harassment Court;
which party is to pay the sum mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a); and
where 2 or more persons are to pay such sum, how that sum is to be apportioned between those persons.