Supreme Court Rules 1987

(1) This rule applies if a person has been given leave to serve a document on a person in a foreign country:

(a) through the diplomatic channel; or

(b) by transmission to a foreign government under a Convention (the relevant convention).

Note for subrule (1)

This rule does not apply if a person has been given leave to serve a document on a person in a

Hague Convention country. Service in a Hague Convention country is dealt with in Order 7A, Part 2.

(2) The person given leave must file in the Registry:

(a) a request for service in

Form 7A; and

(b) a request for transmission in Form 7B; and

(c) a written undertaking by the person, or the person’s legal practitioner, to pay to a

Registrar the amount of the expenses incurred by the Court in giving effect to the person’s request; and

(d) 2 copies (or such other number of copies required by the relevant convention) of each document to be served; and

(e) if necessary, a translation into an official language of the foreign country (including a statement by the translator attesting to the accuracy of the translation) of the following:

(i) the request for transmission mentioned in paragraph (b);

(ii) each document to be served.