80.01
CurrentApplication
Chapter 1General rules of procedure in civil proceedings
Part 4Committal and costs
80.01 Application
(1) This Order applies to service in the Territory of a document in connection with civil or commercial proceedings pending before a foreign court if:
(a) a letter from the court requesting service on a person in the Territory is received by the Registry; and
(b)
either:
(i) the request is for service in accordance with a Convention; or
(ii) the Attorney-General certifies that effect ought to be given to the request.
(2)
In this rule:
foreign court means a court or other tribunal in a country outside Australia, other than a Hague Convention country.
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