Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations(1) An originating claim and accompanying statement of claim must be filed in the court and a sealed copy then served on each defendant.
(2) The originating claim and accompanying statement of claim must be served personally on each defendant, unless otherwise provided by these rules.
Note See r 6405 (How document is personally served). A number of rules provide that particular kinds of non-personal service are taken to be personal service eg r 6412 (Service of originating process by post—Magistrates Court) and r 6431 (Service on corporations—generally). Also, service may be made in another way eg by substituted service (see r 6460 (Substituted service)).