Address for service
6.06 Address for service
The address for service of a plaintiff is:
(a) if the plaintiff sues in person – an address within 50 kilometres of the registry at which the originating process is filed, as stated in the originating process; or
(b) if the plaintiff sues by a law practice – the business address in Australia of the law practice.
The address for service of a defendant is:
(a) if the defendant defends in person – an address within 50 kilometres of the registry at which the notice of defence or notice of admission is filed, as stated in the notice of defence or notice of admission; or
(b) if the defendant defends by a law practice – the business address in Australia of the law practice.
(3) If the business address of the law practice mentioned in subrule (1)(b) or (2)(b) is more than 50 kilometres from the appropriate registry, the law practice must instead provide the address of a law practice within 50 kilometres of the registry.
(4) A party, a party's law practice, or an agent of a law practice, may include in the address for service a number for facsimile transmission, or an email address, by which service of documents may be effected.
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