STALKING INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 68 OF 2008) - SECT 27 Service of application for variation, revocation or extension

STALKING INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 68 OF 2008) - SECT 27

    (1)     An applicant for an order to vary, revoke or extend an intervention order must cause a copy of the application to be served on the following persons—

        (a)     each other party or each party (as the case may be) to the proceedings under which the intervention order was made;

        (b)     if the affected person is a child and the application was made with the consent of a parent under section 11(1)(c)(iii), that parent.

    (2)     A copy of an application required to be served on a person under this section may be served by—

        (a)     delivering the copy to the person personally; or

        (b)     leaving the copy for the person at the person's last or most usual place of residence or place of business with a person who apparently resides or works there and who apparently is not less than 16 years of age.

    (3)     If it appears to the court that it is not reasonably practicable to serve, in accordance with subsection (2), a copy of an application it may—

        (a)     order that a copy of the application be served by any other means it considers appropriate; or

        (b)     make an order for substituted service.