Supreme Court Rules 2000
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147 Application of rules
[Rule 147 Amended by S.R. 2004, No. 56, Applied:21 Jul 2004] [Rule 147 Substituted by S.R. 2009, No. 52, Applied:01 Nov 2010]
(1) [Rule 147 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2017, No. 101, Applied:20 Dec 2017] Rules 147A, 147B, 147C, 147D, 147E, 147F, 147G and 147H apply to the service of originating process outside Australia.
(2) Rules 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 and 153 apply to the service of any document for the purpose of a proceeding in the Court –
(a) in a Convention country; or
(b) in any other country, other than a Hague Convention country, that the Attorney-General, by instrument filed in the proceeding, specifies.
(3) [Rule 147 Subrule (3) inserted by S.R. 2012, No. 66, Applied:11 Oct 2013] This Division does not apply to proceedings to which Part 2 of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act applies.