203Proof of service

203 Proof of service (1) As soon as practicable after a person serves a document under this Act, the person must file with the court a certificate of service— S. 203(1)(a) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 52.7). (a) that has been made by affidavit or is certified; and (b) that states service has taken place; and (c) that specifies details of the service. S. 203(2) amended by No. 29/2020 ss 10, 15(1). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the certificate of service may certify that service has taken place only if that service was by a police officer or the appropriate registrar of a court. (3) The certificate of service must— (a) include the prescribed information; and (b) be accompanied by the prescribed documents. (4) A certificate of service is admissible in evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the matters stated in it.