6542Noncompliance with div 6.8.11

6542 Noncompliance with div 6.8.11 The court may order that effect is to be given to a letter of request for the service of process of a court or tribunal of a foreign country, even though rule 6540 (Letter of request from foreign tribunal— procedure) has not been complied with.

Rule 6550 Note 1 This division forms part of a scheme to implement Australia’s obligations under the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters. Under the Convention, the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department is designated as the central authority (under the Convention, article 2) and certain courts and government departments are, for certain purposes, designated as ‘other’ or ‘additional’ authorities (under the Convention, article 18). Note 2 This division provides (in sdiv 6.8.12.2) for service in overseas Convention countries of local judicial documents (documents that relate to proceedings in the court) and (in sdiv 6.8.12.3) for default judgment in proceedings in the court after service overseas of such a document.