Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The applicant shall serve a sealed copy of a summons and, except where these Rules otherwise provide, a copy of an affidavit in support on every person to whom notice of the application is to be given.
(2) Service under subrule (1) shall be made within a reasonable time before the day for hearing named in the summons and in no case later than 2.00 p.m. on the previous day or, where the Registry was closed on the day before the day for hearing, not later than 2.00 p.m. on the day the office was last open.
(3) A plaintiff may serve a summons on a defendant personally before appearance.
(4) The Court may dispense with compliance with this rule.