Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (General Federal Law) Rules 2025
Div 101—Personal service
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Division 10.1—Personal service
10.01 Service on individual
10.02 Service on corporation
10.03 Service on unincorporated association
10.04 Service on organisation
10.05 Service on partnership
10.06 Service in a proceeding brought against a person in the person’s business name
10.07 Service on a person who needs a litigation guardian
10.08 Personal service on a person who needs a litigation guardian
10.09 Deemed service of originating application
10.10 Refusal to accept document served personally
Division 10.2—Service other than by personal service
10.11 Identity of person served
10.12 Acceptance of service by lawyer
10.13 Deemed service
10.14 Substituted service
10.15 Service by Court
10.16 Service of interlocutory injunction
10.17 Service under agreement
Division 10.3—Ordinary service
10.18 Ordinary service
10.19 Time of service
Division 10.4—Address for service
10.20 Address for service
10.21 Address for service—corporations
10.22 Address for service—partnership
10.23 Address for service—proceeding against person in person’s business name
10.24 Receivers
10.25 When must notice of address for service be filed
10.26 How to file notice of address for service
10.27 Service of notice of address for service
10.28 Change of address for service
Division 10.5—Evidence of service
10.29 Affidavit of service