Childrens Court Rules 2016
sec.21Notice of address for service—parties to proceeding
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sec.21 Notice of address for service—parties to proceeding
As soon as practicable after a person is served with a child protection application, an Adoption Act application or an acknowledgement of sex application, the person must file and serve a notice of address for service in the approved form. However, the child the subject of a child protection application is not required to file and serve a notice of address for service unless the child wishes to participate in the proceeding. As soon as practicable after a person is served with a notice of appeal, the person must, if the person wishes to participate in the appeal, file and serve a notice of address for service in the approved form. A party to a proceeding must file and serve a notice of any change in the party’s address for service as soon as practicable after the change. r 21 amd 2024 SL No. 76 s 18 (sec.21-ssec.1) As soon as practicable after a person is served with a child protection application, an Adoption Act application or an acknowledgement of sex application, the person must file and serve a notice of address for service in the approved form. (sec.21-ssec.2) However, the child the subject of a child protection application is not required to file and serve a notice of address for service unless the child wishes to participate in the proceeding. (sec.21-ssec.3) As soon as practicable after a person is served with a notice of appeal, the person must, if the person wishes to participate in the appeal, file and serve a notice of address for service in the approved form. (sec.21-ssec.4) A party to a proceeding must file and serve a notice of any change in the party’s address for service as soon as practicable after the change.