New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

DISTRICT COURT RULES 1973 - SECT 53.20

53.20 Service of subpoenas

(1) A subpoena must be served on the person named in accordance with this rule.

(2) Service of a subpoena may be effected:

(a) by handing it to the person, or

(b) if the person is an inmate of a correctional centre, by handing it to the officer in charge of the correctional centre or by sending it by post or facsimile or other electronic transmission to the officer in charge at the correctional centre, or

(c) if the person is a police officer or a public officer, by sending it by post or facsimile to the person’s business address, or

(d) if the person is a police officer or a public officer, by sending it by electronic communication to the person’s business email address, or

(e) if the person is not a police officer or a public officer, by sending it by post or facsimile to the person’s residential address, or

(f) if the person is not a police officer or a public officer, by sending it by electronic communication to the person’s email address, or

(g) with the consent of the relevant legal practitioner, by leaving it at the relevant legal practitioner’s address for service or by sending it to that address by post or facsimile or by sending it to the legal practitioner’s email address for service by electronic communication.

(3) If, on tender of a subpoena, the person refuses to accept it, it may be served by putting it down in the person’s presence after the person has been told of the nature of the subpoena.