| Federal Court of Australia | |
| Practice Notes issued by the Chief Justice |
| No. 13. Service of documents outside Australia |
| Status: | Revoked |
| Date issued: | 4 September 2008 |
| Date revoked: | 25 September 2009 |
| Replaced by: | Practice Note CM 12 - Service of documents outside Australia |
| Version history: |   25 September 2009 (CM 12) 4 September 2008 28 April 1997 |
Practice Note No
13 issued on 28 April 1997 is revoked and the following Practice Note
is substituted.
A party applying for leave to serve originating process or other court documents on a person in a country other than Australia under Order 8 of the Federal Court Rules should support the application with evidence of information obtained from the Private International Law Section of the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department in relation to the appropriate method of transmitting documents for service in that country, including whether documents:
(a) should be transmitted in accordance with an international agreement or arrangement, and the details of that agreement or arrangement;
(b) should be transmitted for service via the diplomatic channel; or
(c) may be transmitted for service by a private agent within the territory of that country.
Information may be obtained from the web site of the Attorney-General’s Department at www.ag.gov.au/PIL or by contacting the Private International Law Section at:
Private International Law Section
Attorney-General’s Department
Robert Garran Offices
National Circuit
BARTON ACT 2600Telephone: +61 2 6250 6666
M.E.J. Black
Chief Justice
4 September 2008