Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00261:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00261
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 2562–3759

6  Service of orders on the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 8(b) of the Act, this section sets out how any of the following orders made under an applied law, or a copy of any such order, may be served on the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority:
 (a) an attachment of earnings order directed to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority;
 (b) an order discharging, suspending or varying an attachment of earnings order directed to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.
 (2) The order or copy may be served by leaving it at, or sending it to, the head office, a registered office or a principal office of:
 (a) if the order is directed to the Commonwealth—the Commonwealth body that is responsible for the payment of moneys to the person liable to make a payment under the maintenance order to which the attachment of earnings order relates; or
 (b) if the order is directed to a Commonwealth authority—the Commonwealth authority.
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the order or copy may be sent by pre‑paid post or by means of an electronic communication.
 (4) This section does not limit the ways the order or copy may be served.