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FAMILY LAW RULES 20042003 No. 375 - RULE 7.12

Ordinary service

If special service of a document is not required, the document may be served on a person:

(a)
by any method of special service;

(b)
if the person has given an address for service:

(i)
by delivering it to the address in a sealed envelope addressed to the person;
(ii)
by sending it to the address by post in a sealed envelope addressed to the person; or
(iii)
by sending it to the facsimile or e-mail address stated in the address for service by electronic communication addressed to the person (see rule 7.16);

(c) if the person has not given an address for service:

(i)
by handing it to the person;
(ii)
by delivering it to the person's last known address or place of business in a sealed envelope addressed to the person; or
(iii)
by sending it by post in a sealed envelope addressed to the person at the person's last known address or place of business;
(d)
if a lawyer representing the person agrees, in writing, to accept service of the document, by sending it to the lawyer; or

(e) if the person's address for service includes the number of a lawyer's document exchange box, by delivering it in a sealed envelope, addressed to the lawyer at that box address, to:

(i)
that box; or
(ii)
a box provided at another branch of the document exchange for delivery of documents to the box address.



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