Local Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Rules 1998

In calculating a time for service fixed by these Rules or fixed, extended or reduced by an order, a document that is served after 4.00 p.m. or on a day on which the office of the Court is closed is to be taken as having been served on the next day the office is open.

Where a document is delivered into the facility of a document exchange in accordance with rule 6.07(1)(d), the day of service is to be taken as the next day on which the document exchange is open for business.