Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(SCR o 10 r 3; MC(CJ)R s 26 (1); NSW r 10.13; Qld r 115)
(1) A solicitor may accept service of a document for a person (the relevant person ).
(2) The solicitor must—
(a) make a note on a copy of the document to the effect that the solicitor accepts service for the relevant person; and
(b) give the copy to the person serving the document.
(3) The relevant person is taken to have been served with the document on the day the solicitor accepts service of the document, unless the relevant person proves the solicitor did not have authority to accept service for the relevant person.
(4) For any provision of these rules requiring personal service of a document, service of the document on the solicitor under this rule is taken to be personal service on the relevant person.