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Admiralty Rules 1988
5AService of certain documents and notices
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#### 5A Service of certain documents and notices
(1) Subject to subrule (2), this rule applies to the service of documents for the purposes of the Act or these Rules.
(2) This rule does not apply to the service of:
(a) initiating process; or
(b) arrest warrants.
(3) A document may be served on a person:
(a) by email:
(i) if an email address has been provided by the person for the purpose of service in the proceeding—to that email address; or
(ii) otherwise—to an email address of the person; or
(b) by fax sent to a fax number of the person; or
(c) if the court orders that the document may be served by means of a particular kind of electronic communication—by that means.
> Note: Rules of Court of a court exercising jurisdiction under the Act may permit a document to be served otherwise than by electronic communication.
(4) A reference to a document in subrule (3) includes a reference to a document that is to be given to a person to enable the person to exercise a power, or perform a function, for the purposes of the Act or these Rules.