Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 20:

In page 71, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:

"(13) Where a document served pursuant to this section directs or requests the person to whom it is addressed to attend a hearing in a designated state, the document shall be served a reasonable time prior to the hearing in the designated state concerned.".

As it stands, this section does not specifically afford the defendant time following service to arrange for travel to the other state. The Minister objected to the inclusion of 14 days in the previous wording and therefore we have tabled the amendment again but deleted reference to the 14 days.