Domestic and Family Violence Protection Rules 2014
sec.15How ordinary service is performed
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sec.15 How ordinary service is performed
If personal service or service under a substituted service order is not required under the DFVP Act or these rules, the serving or giving of a document to a person may occur in 1 of the following ways— by posting it to the relevant address; if the person has given a fax number to the DFVP court—by faxing the document to the person; if the person has given an email address to the DFVP court—by emailing the document to the person; if the lawyer for the person has— an exchange box at a document exchange—by leaving the document in the exchange box or another exchange box available for documents to be transferred to the lawyer’s exchange box; or a fax number and machine—by faxing the document to the lawyer; or an email address—by emailing the document to the lawyer; by electronic or computer-based means approved by a DFVP court; or in another way as directed by a DFVP court. A document served under subrule (1) (d) (i) is taken to have been served on the business day after it is left in the document exchange box. In this rule— relevant address , of a person to be served, means— the person’s address for service; or if the person does not have an address for service—the person’s last known place of business or residence. r 15 amd 2023 SL No. 96 s 8 (sec.15-ssec.1) If personal service or service under a substituted service order is not required under the DFVP Act or these rules, the serving or giving of a document to a person may occur in 1 of the following ways— by posting it to the relevant address; if the person has given a fax number to the DFVP court—by faxing the document to the person; if the person has given an email address to the DFVP court—by emailing the document to the person; if the lawyer for the person has— an exchange box at a document exchange—by leaving the document in the exchange box or another exchange box available for documents to be transferred to the lawyer’s exchange box; or a fax number and machine—by faxing the document to the lawyer; or an email address—by emailing the document to the lawyer; by electronic or computer-based means approved by a DFVP court; or in another way as directed by a DFVP court. (sec.15-ssec.2) A document served under subrule (1) (d) (i) is taken to have been served on the business day after it is left in the document exchange box. (sec.15-ssec.3) In this rule— relevant address , of a person to be served, means— the person’s address for service; or if the person does not have an address for service—the person’s last known place of business or residence.
- (a) by posting it to the relevant address;
- (b) if the person has given a fax number to the DFVP court—by faxing the document to the person;
- (c) if the person has given an email address to the DFVP court—by emailing the document to the person;
- (d) if the lawyer for the person has— (i) an exchange box at a document exchange—by leaving the document in the exchange box or another exchange box available for documents to be transferred to the lawyer’s exchange box; or (ii) a fax number and machine—by faxing the document to the lawyer; or (iii) an email address—by emailing the document to the lawyer;