(1) A document otherwise required or allowed under these rules to be served on a child for a proceeding must be served instead on the person who is the child's litigation guardian for the proceeding.
Note The
title="A2001-14">Legislation Act, dict, pt 1 defines child as an individual who is under 18 years old.
(2) If the child does not have a litigation guardian for the proceeding, the document must be served instead on—
(a) if the child is at least 16 years old—the child; or
(b) the child's parent or guardian; or
(c) if there is no parent or guardian—
(i) an adult who has parental responsibility for the child under the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2008-19" title="A2008-19">Children and Young People Act 2008
; or
(ii) if there is no-one under subparagraph (i)—an adult who otherwise has care of the child or with whom the child lives.
(3) For any provision of these rules requiring personal service of a document, personal service of the document on a person (including the child) under subrule (1) or (2) is taken to be personal service on the child.