144Manner and time of service when not personal

144 Manner and time of service when not personal

[Rule 144 Substituted by S.R. 2003, No. 139, Applied:26 Nov 2003] [Rule 144 Subrule (7) omitted by S.R. 2013, No. 70, Applied:25 Sep 2013] [Rule 144 Substituted by S.R. 2015, No. 99, Applied:06 Jan 2016]

(1)  A document which is not required to be served personally is sufficiently served on a person if it is –

(a) left at the person's address for service on a day on which the registry in which the cause or matter is proceeding is open; or

(b) posted to the person at the person's address for service; or

(c) communicated to the person using a postal address, document exchange address, email address or facsimile number given by the person pursuant to rule 79 .

(2)  If a document is required by these rules to be delivered to a person, it is sufficient if it is served in accordance with subrule (1) .

(3)  A document is taken to be served or delivered –

(a) if sent by post, at the time when the document would be delivered in the ordinary course of post; or

(b) if communicated using a document exchange address, on the first day that the registry in which the cause or matter is proceeding is open following the day of delivery to the document exchange; or

(c) if communicated using an email address or facsimile number –

(i) at the time of communication if the communication occurs during the hours specified in rule 20(1) (office hours); or

(ii) at the commencement of office hours following the time of communication if the communication occurs outside office hours.

(4)  A document served or delivered by email or facsimile transmission is to be accompanied by a document stating each of the following: