Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 (NO 29 OF 2006) - REG 6437

(SCR o 80 r 8; NSW r 10.25; Qld r 110)

    (1)     A document otherwise required or allowed under these rules to be served on a detainee must be served on the person in charge of the place where the detainee is being detained.

    (2)     For any provision of these rules requiring personal service of a document, personal service of the document on a person under subrule (1) is taken to be personal service on the detainee.

    (3)     In this rule:

"detainee" means a person who is a full-time detainee under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005 .

Note     This rule does not apply to a criminal proceeding (see r 4006 (Criminal proceedings—application of pt 6.8) and see also r 4009 (Criminal proceedings—service of documents when unrepresented accused person in custody)).