13   Service of written statements and copies of proposed exhibits

(1)  A written statement or a copy of a proposed exhibit in committal proceedings is to be served on the accused person in accordance with this clause.

(2)  Service of a written statement or a copy of a proposed exhibit may be effected:

(a)  by handing it to the accused person, or

(b)  if the accused person is an inmate of a correctional centre, by handing it to the officer in charge of the correctional centre or by sending it by post or facsimile or other electronic communication to the officer in charge of the correctional centre, or

(c)  by sending it by post or facsimile to the accused person’s residential address, or

(d)  by sending it by electronic communication to the accused person’s email address, or

(e)  with the consent of the relevant legal practitioner, by leaving it at the relevant legal practitioner’s address for service or by sending it to that address by post or facsimile or by sending it to the legal practitioner’s email address for service by electronic communication.

(3)  Service of a written statement or a copy of a proposed exhibit on a corporation may be effected by serving it in accordance with subclause (2) on a principal officer of the corporation or, if provision is made by or under any other Act for service of a document on the corporation, by serving the document in accordance with that provision.

(4)  If, on tender of a written statement to a person, the person refuses to accept it, it may be served by putting it down in the person’s presence after the person has been told of the nature of the document.