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Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
sec.114Service in relation to a partnership
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### sec.114 Service in relation to a partnership
An originating process against a partnership must be served—
on 1 or more of the partners; or
on a person at the principal place of business of the partnership in Queensland who appears to have control or management of the business there; or
for a partnership registered under the Partnership Act 1891 —at the registered office of the partnership.
If the originating process is served under subrule (1) , each of the partners who were partners in the partnership when the originating process was issued, including a partner who was outside Queensland at the time, is taken to have been served.
The originating process must also be served on any person the plaintiff seeks to make liable as a partner but who was not a partner when the originating process was issued.
r 114 amd 2007 SL No. 96 s 5
(sec.114-ssec.1) An originating process against a partnership must be served— on 1 or more of the partners; or on a person at the principal place of business of the partnership in Queensland who appears to have control or management of the business there; or for a partnership registered under the Partnership Act 1891 —at the registered office of the partnership.
(sec.114-ssec.2) If the originating process is served under subrule (1) , each of the partners who were partners in the partnership when the originating process was issued, including a partner who was outside Queensland at the time, is taken to have been served.
(sec.114-ssec.3) The originating process must also be served on any person the plaintiff seeks to make liable as a partner but who was not a partner when the originating process was issued.
- (a) on 1 or more of the partners; or
- (b) on a person at the principal place of business of the partnership in Queensland who appears to have control or management of the business there; or
- (c) for a partnership registered under the Partnership Act 1891 —at the registered office of the partnership.