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### 147 Application of rules
> [*\[Rule 147 Amended by S.R. 2004, No. 56, Applied:21 Jul 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-07-21/sr-2004-056#GS11@EN) [*\[Rule 147 Substituted by S.R. 2009, No. 52, Applied:01 Nov 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-11-01/sr-2009-052#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) [*\[Rule 147 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2017, No. 101, Applied:20 Dec 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-12-20/sr-2017-101#GS6@EN) Rules 147A, 147B, 147C, 147D, 147E, 147F, 147G and 147H apply to the service of originating process outside Australia.
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> > (2) [Rules 148](#GS148@EN) , [149](#GS149@EN) , [150](#GS150@EN) , [151](#GS151@EN) , [152](#GS152@EN) and [153](#GS153@EN) apply to the service of any document for the purpose of a proceeding in the Court –
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> > > > (a) in a Convention country; or
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> > > > (b) in any other country, other than a Hague Convention country, that the Attorney-General, by instrument filed in the proceeding, specifies.
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> > (3) [*\[Rule 147 Subrule (3) inserted by S.R. 2012, No. 66, Applied:11 Oct 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-10-11/sr-2012-066#GS6@EN) This Division does not apply to proceedings to which Part 2 of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act applies.