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LOCAL COURT RULES 2009 - REG 5.7

Persons who can serve originating documents

5.7 Persons who can serve originating documents

(1) An originating document issued by a public officer may be served by a sheriff's officer, a licensed process server or a legal practitioner or an employee of such a legal practitioner.
(2) An originating document issued by the registrar on behalf of another person may be served by the person on whose behalf the process was issued, a sheriff's officer, a licensed process server, a legal practitioner or an employee of such a legal practitioner.
(2A) Despite subrule (2), an originating document in relation to proceedings under the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 may be served only by a police officer or a person nominated by the Court or a registrar.
(3) In this rule,
"licensed process server" means a person who is the holder of a master licence or operator licence under the Commercial Agents and Private Inquiry Agents Act 2004 with respect to process serving.



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