Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Act 2022 (3 of 2022)
Schedule 1 Main amendments
Part 14 Foreign State immunity amendments
Foreign States Immunities Act 1985
76 Subsection 3(1) (definition of initiating process)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
initiating process means an instrument (including a statement of claim, application, summons, writ, order or third party notice):
(a) by which a proceeding is commenced; or
(b) by reference to which a person becomes a party to a proceeding.
Note: Examples of an initiating process are:
(a) a summons for the registration of a foreign judgment; and
(b) an application for the recognition or enforcement of a foreign award.