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6421 Service by filing
(1) This rule—
(a) applies if a defendant—
(i) has not filed in the court a notice of intention to respond or
defence; or
(ii) has not given an address for service; and
(b) does not apply to a document that must be served personally.
proceedings—application of pt 6.8) and see also r 4007 (Criminal
proceedings—service on accused person by filing if no address for
(2) A document may be served on the defendant by—
(a) filing it in the court; and
(b) sending a sealed or stamped copy by prepaid post, addressed to
the defendant, at the defendant’s last-known address.
(3) A document filed under this rule must state on its first page that it is
filed under this rule.
Note to div 6.8.5
This division does not apply to a criminal proceeding (see r 4006 (Criminal