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CurrentInitiating process may be served in any part of Australia
Part 2Service of process in civil and criminal proceedings
Division 1Initiating process in civil proceedings
15 Initiating process may be served in any part of Australia
(1)
An initiating process issued in a State may be served in another State.
(2)
Service on an individual must be effected in the same way as service of such an initiating process in the place of issue.
(3)
Service on a company or a registered body must be effected in accordance with section 9.
(4)
Service on any other body corporate must be effected in accordance with section 10.
(5)
Service on a body politic (for example, the Commonwealth or a State) must be effected in the same way in which process of the Supreme Court of the State in which service is to be effected may be served on the body politic.
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