Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 - REG 6554

    (1)     The registrar must, if satisfied that an application and its accompanying documents comply with rule 6553—

        (a)     sign the request for service abroad; and

        (b)     send 2 copies of the relevant documents—

              (i)     if the applicant has asked for the request to be sent to a nominated additional authority for the Hague Convention country in which the documents are to be served—to the nominated additional authority; or

              (ii)     in any other case—to the central authority for the Hague Convention country in which the documents are to be served.

    (2)     The registrar must, if not satisfied that the application or any of the accompanying documents complies with rule 6553, tell the applicant how the application or document fails to comply.

    (3)     In this section:

"relevant documents" means the following:

        (a)     the signed request for service abroad;

        (b)     the document to be served;

        (c)     the summary of the document to be served;

        (d)     if a translation is required under rule 6553 (2) (d), each translation of the documents mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).