(1) A party must give an address for service if:

(a)

the party files or responds to an application; or

(b)

the party seeks to be heard by the court.

(2)

A party must give only one address for service for each application filed.

(3) A party may give an address for service:

(a)

in the first document filed by the party; or

(b)

by filing a Notice of Address for Service (Form 8).

(4) An address for service:

(a)

must be an address in Australia where documents may be left or received by post; and

(b)

may include a facsimile number and an address for service by electronic communication.

(5)

A party may include an address for service by electronic communication only if documents sent to or from that address can be read by the computer software of each party and the court.

Note
If an address for service includes a facsimile number or an address for service by electronic communication, documents served on the person by that method are taken by the court to be served on the person on the day when the documents were transmitted to that address (see paragraph 7.17 (d)).