Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A person may give
an electronic address for service in accordance with this rule.
(2) A person may give
a fax number as an address for service by providing —
(a) a
residential or business address; and
(b) a
fax number that operates at that address.
(3) A person who is
not registered by the Court’s website as a person authorised to lodge
documents electronically may give an email address as an address for service
by providing —
(a) a
residential or business address; and
(b) an
email address at which documents may be given to, or accepted on behalf of,
the person.
(4) If a legal
practitioner practises in a business with one or more other legal
practitioners or people —
(a) any
fax number provided under subrule (2) must be the fax number of the business
and not that of the legal practitioner personally; and
(b) any
email address provided under subrule (3) must be the email address of the
business and not that of the legal practitioner personally.
(5) A
self‑represented person who resides in Australia and is registered by
the Court’s website as a person authorised to lodge documents
electronically may give an email address as an address for service by
providing —
(a) a
residential or business address; and
(b) an
email address that is the email address of the party provided in connection
with that registration.
(6) A legal
practitioner, or the business for which a legal practitioner works, that has a
business address in Australia and is registered by the Court’s website
as a person authorised to lodge documents electronically may give an email
address as an address for service by providing —
(a) a
residential or business address; and
(b) an
email address that is the email address of the legal practitioner or business
provided in connection with that registration.
(7) A person who under
this rule provides an address for service that is a fax number or an email
address is to be taken to consent to being served with documents by fax at
that fax number, or as an attachment to an email sent to that email address,
as the case may be.
(8) If a
person’s fax number or email address provided under this rule changes,
the person must lodge and serve a notice of change of address as soon as
practicable after the change occurs.
(9) The notice of
change of address for service must be in the approved form.
[Rule 13 inserted: Gazette
15 Aug 2014 p. 2941‑3; amended: SL 2022/106
r. 6.]