Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 108 RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (AMENDMENT) - RULE 9

9.1 Omit the rule, substitute: Where service not required to be personal

"2.01 Any document in connection with a matter in respect of which personal
service is not required by these Rules may be served on the person to be
served:

   (a)  by being left at the address for service of the person, given in
        accordance with Order 5 or 13, on any day when the Registrar's office
        is open for business; or

   (b)  by being sent by pre-paid post to the person at that address; or

   (c)  if provision is made by these Rules, or by or under an Act or
        Ordinance, for service of documents of that kind on a corporation, by
        being served on a corporation in accordance with that provision; or

   (d)  if, under Order 5 or 13, the person's solicitor in the Territory has
        provided as an address for service the number of an Australian
        Document Exchange Pty Ltd exchange box - by being left in that box; or

   (e)  if, under Order 5 or 13, the person's solicitor in the Territory has
        provided as an address for service the number of a facsimile receiver
        - by facsimile transmission to that number; or

   (f)  in the case of a notice to be served by the office of the Registrar -
        by being left in the collection box, in the Registrar's office, that
        is the box of the solicitor for the person to be served.

"2.02 A document served under paragraph 2.01 (a) after 4.00 p.m. on any day
is, for the purpose of calculating any period of time after that service, to
be taken to be served on the next day.

"2.03 For the purposes of these Rules, the day of service of a document is:

   (a)  if the document is sent by post in accordance with paragraph 2.01 (b)
        - the third day after the document is so sent; or

   (b)  if the document is left in an exchange box in accordance with
        paragraph 2.01 (d) - the day following the day on which it is so left;
        or

   (c)  if the document is sent by facsimile transmission in accordance with
        paragraph 2.01 (e) - the day following the day on which it is so sent;
        or

   (d)  if:

   (i)  the document is a notice sent from the Registrar's office; and

   (ii) the document is left in a collection box in the Registrar's office,
        being the collection box of the solicitor for the person to be served
        - the next day.".