Victorian Consolidated Regulations

SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2005 - SECT 6.12.

Service by filing

6.12. Service by filing



(1) Where the service of a document on a party to a proceeding is required or
permitted, but personal service is not required, and that party is in default
of appearance or has no address for service in the proceeding, the filing of
the document shall, unless the Court otherwise orders, have effect as service
of the document on that person.

(2) A party who serves a document by filing in accordance with paragraph (1)
shall indorse upon a backsheet or on the back of the last sheet a statement
that the document is filed as such service.