Supreme Court Rules 2000
966Application of Part 38
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966 Application of Part 38
[Rule 966 Amended by S.R. 2009, No. 52, Applied:01 Nov 2010] This Part applies to the service on a person in the State of any document in connection with civil or commercial proceedings pending before a court or other tribunal in a foreign country, other than a Hague Convention country, if the Principal Registrar receives –
(a) a letter from the court or tribunal requesting service on the person in the State and –
(i) it is in accordance with a Convention; or
(ii) it is not in accordance with a Convention and the Attorney-General certifies that effect ought to be given to it; or
(b) a letter from the consular or other authority of the foreign country requesting service on the person in the State and the request is in accordance with a Convention.