This rule may be cited as the Uniform Civil Procedure (Service Outside Australia and Other Matters) Amendment Rule 2026.
This rule amends the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999.
3Insertion of new ch 4, pt 7, div 1, sdiv 1AA
Chapter 4, part 7, division 1, before subdivision 1—
insert—In this division—accompanying document, for an originating process, means—(a)for an originating process that is a claim—a statement of claim; or(b)for an originating process that is an application—any affidavit to be relied on by the applicant at the hearing of the application; or(c)for any originating process—any other document that is required under these rules to be served with the originating process.
4Amendment of r 125 (When service allowed without leave)
Rule 125, after ‘An originating process’—
insert—, together with each accompanying document for the originating process,
5Amendment of r 129A (Service of application and affidavit)
(1)Rule 129A, heading, ‘affidavit’—
omit, insert—accompanying documents
(2)Rule 129A(2), ‘, and any affidavit to be relied on by the applicant at the hearing of the application,’—
omit, insert—and each accompanying document for the application
6Amendment of r 129C (Service of other documents outside Australia)
(1)Rule 129C, before subrule (1)—
insert—(1AA)This rule applies to a document other than—(a)an originating process; or(b)an accompanying document for an originating process that, under rule 125, may be served outside Australia without leave.(2)Rule 129C(1), ‘A document other than an originating process’—
omit, insert—The document
(3)Rule 129C(2), ‘subrule (1)’—
omit, insert—subrule (2)
(4)Rule 129C(1AA) to (2)—
renumber as rule 129C(1) to (3).
7Amendment of r 129F (When service allowed without leave)
Rule 129F, after ‘An originating process’—
insert—, together with each accompanying document for the originating process,
8Amendment of r 129H (Application of rr 127–129D)
(1)Rule 129H, ‘apply for’—
omit, insert—apply to
(2)Rule 129H—
insert—(2)Also, rule 129C applies to the proceeding as if an accompanying document for an originating process that, under rule 129F, may be served outside Australia without leave were an accompanying document mentioned in rule 129C(1)(b).
9Amendment of r 599 (Requirements for notice of intention to apply for grant)
(1)Rule 599(1)(b), ‘Trusts Act 1973, section 67’—
omit, insert—Trusts Act 2025, section 135
(2)Rule 599(1)(b), ‘against’—
omit, insert—to, or against,
10Amendment of r 644 (Definitions for pts 10 and 11)
Rule 644, definition commission, paragraph (b), ‘Trusts Act 1973, section 101(1)’—
omit, insert—Trusts Act 2025, section 160
11Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)
Schedule 3—
insert—accompanying document, for an originating process, for chapter 4, part 7, division 1, see rule 123A.