Court Procedures Rules
6420Ordinary service—address for service
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6420 Ordinary service—address for service If a document is not required by these rules to be served personally on a person, the document may be served on the person— (a) by serving it personally on the person; or (b) by leaving a sealed or stamped copy at the person’s address for service; or (c) by sending a sealed or stamped copy by prepaid post, addressed to the person, at the person’s address for service; or (d) if the person’s address for service includes a postbox at a post office in the ACT—by sending a sealed or stamped copy by prepaid post, addressed to the person, at the person’s postbox; or (e) if the person’s address for service includes a document exchange box number—by leaving a sealed or stamped copy, addressed to the person, in the exchange box or at a collection point of the document exchange for delivery to the exchange box; or (f) if the person’s address for service includes a fax number—by faxing a sealed or stamped copy to the fax number; or (g) if the person’s address for service includes an email address— by emailing a copy to the email address; or (h) if the document to be served is from the registrar’s office, the person has a solicitor, and the solicitor has a collection box in the office—by leaving a copy of the document in the solicitor’s collection box.
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