11.9   Definitions

(cf SCR Part 10, rule 7)

In this Division:

applicant means the person by whom an application is made under rule 11.10 (1) (a).

participating country means:

(a)  any country that is a signatory to an international convention with respect to the service of documents in that country to which Australia is a signatory, or

(b)  in relation to particular proceedings, any other country declared by the Attorney General, or by some other person authorised by the Attorney General for the purposes of this definition, by notice filed in the proceedings, to be a country to which this Division applies.

undertaking as to expenses means an undertaking by an applicant or his or her solicitor to pay to the registrar an amount equal to the sum of all expenses incurred in consequence of the request for service.