Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) As soon as practicable after a person serves a document under this Act, the person must file with the court a certificate of service—
S. 203(1)(a) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 52.7).
(a) that has been made by affidavit or is certified; and
(b) that states service has taken place; and
(c) that specifies details of the service.
S. 203(2) amended by No. 29/2020 ss 10, 15(1).
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the certificate of service may certify that service has taken place only if that service was by a police officer or the appropriate registrar of a court.
(3) The certificate of service must—
(a) include the prescribed information; and
(b) be accompanied by the prescribed documents.
(4) A certificate of service is admissible in evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the matters stated in it.