New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated Regulations(cf SCR Part 10, rules 8, 9 and 10)
(1) A person requiring a document to be served in a participating country may file the following documents in the Supreme Court--(a) an application to the principal registrar of the Supreme Court that a sealed copy of a document be transmitted to that country for service on the person specified in the application as the person to be served,(b) if the applicant requires service of the document under an international convention with respect to the service of documents to which that country and Australia are both signatories, a statement to that effect,(c) the document to be served and (unless English is an official language of the country concerned) a translation of the document,(d) if any special manner of service is required, a request for service in that manner and (unless English is an official language of the country concerned) a translation of the request,(e) an undertaking as to expenses,together with such further copies of those documents as the principal registrar may direct.
(2) A translation of a document referred to in subrule (1)--(a) must be in an official language of the country in which service is required, and(b) must bear a certificate by the translator, in that language, stating his or her qualifications and certifying that the translation is a correct translation of the document.