FEDERAL COURT RULES 2011 (SLI NO 134 OF 2011) - RULE 10.11 Deemed service of originating application

FEDERAL COURT RULES 2011 (SLI NO 134 OF 2011) - RULE 10.11

                Unless an application has been made under rule 13.01, if a respondent files a notice of address for service, defence or affidavit, or appears before the Court in response to an originating application, the originating application is taken to have been served personally on the respondent:

                (a)    on the date on which the first of those events occurred; or

               (b)    if personal service on the respondent is proved on an earlier date -- on the earlier date.