(1) A document may be served by electronic means unless a rule or order of the court provides that the document is to be served personally or by other means.
(2) A document filed using the Electronic Litigation Portal that is required to be served must be served by the relevant party and not by the court, unless the court or an enactment requires otherwise.
(3) Where proceedings have commenced —
(a) service must be effected in accordance with the applicable rules of court; and
(b) the filing party must serve, together with the document commencing the proceedings, the appropriate authorisation code for the specific party which is generated by the Electronic Litigation Portal in the form set out in Schedule 2.
(4) Where the correct authorisation code generated by the Electronic Litigation Portal is not served on a party in accordance with paragraph (3)(b) or is not served at all, service is deemed not to have been effected until the authorisation code generated by the Electronic Litigation Portal in the form set out in Schedule 2 has been served on the party and the time of service shall be deemed to be the time when service of the authorisation code has been effected in accordance with this rule unless service is effected in accordance with directions given by the court.
(5) After proceedings have commenced, any other document filed in the proceedings and to which the court's stamp or seal and date of filing information has been applied by the Electronic Litigation Portal is deemed to be served on the date and time that the document was filed on the Electronic Litigation Portal in accordance with rule 5A.8.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, service of a document on a pro se or self-represented litigant is governed by the provisions of rule 5A.18.