Personal service on particular party
4.04 Personal service on particular party
Personal service of a document is effected by serving the document in accordance with rule 4.03:
in the case of a corporation:
(i) if it is a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 – by serving a document in accordance with section 109X of that Act; or
(ii) if it is a registered body within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 – by serving a document in accordance with section 601CZ of that Act.
(b) in the case of a statutory corporation – on the Commissioner, chairperson, president, manager, chief executive officer or other officer of the statutory corporation;
(c) in the case of the Territory or the Crown in right of the Territory – on the Solicitor for the Northern Territory or a person authorised to accept service of documents on behalf of the Solicitor for the Northern Territory;
(d) in the case of the Commonwealth or the Crown in right of the Commonwealth – on the Australian Government Solicitor or a person authorised to accept service of documents on behalf of the Australian Government Solicitor;
(e) in the case of the Authority – on the Chief Executive Officer or a person authorised to accept service of documents on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer;
in the case of an infant:
on a parent or guardian of the infant; or
(ii) if there is no such person – on the person with whom the infant resides or in whose care the infant is; or
(g) in the case of a person under a disability as defined in rule 10.01(b):
(i) on the person who, under Part 10, is the litigation guardian in the proceeding to which the person with a disability is a party; or
(ii) if there is no litigation guardian – on the person with whom the person under a disability resides or in whose care the person is.
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