New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 10.8

10.8 Service of defence by court

(cf LCR Part 9, rule 3)

(1) This rule applies to proceedings in the Local Court.

(2) When filing a defence, whether in person or by post, a party must lodge additional copies of the defence for service on each of the other active parties.

(3) On receiving such copies, an officer of the court--

(a) must mark each copy with the date of acceptance of the document, and

(b) must return one copy to the party by which it was filed, and

(c) must cause the remaining copies to be served on each of the other active parties.