177Proof of service

177 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. 177(1)(a) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 93.8). (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. (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.