Proof of service
10.47 Proof of service
This rule does not apply to a document served in accordance with the Hague Convention.
Rules 10.63 to 10.68 deal with service of local judicial documents in a country, other than Australia, that is a party to the Hague Convention.
An official certificate or declaration (whether made on oath or otherwise) is sufficient proof of the service of a document on a person in a country other than Australia if the certificate or declaration states:
that the document has been personally served on the person in that other country; or
that the document has been served on the person in accordance with the law of that other country.
If filed, a certificate or declaration mentioned in subrule (2):
is taken to be a record of the service of the document; and
has effect as if it were an affidavit of service.
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