Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, originating process shall be served personally on each respondent.
(2) The copy for service shall be signed and sealed as mentioned in Order 4, rule 7.
(3) If a respondent to an originating process:
(a) enters an appearance; or
(b) files a defence; or
(c) appears before the Court in response to the process;
the originating process is taken to have been served on the respondent personally when the earliest of those events occurred, unless personal service on an earlier day is established.