(1) This rule applies where a claimant wishes to serve court process on a State.
(2) If the State has agreed to a method of service other than a method permitted by this Part, the court process may be served either by the method agreed or in accordance with the other rules in this Part.
(3) The claimant must file at the court office —
(a) a copy of the court process;
(b) any translation required by virtue of rule 7.15; and
(c) a request for service to be arranged by the minister with responsibility for foreign affairs.
(4) The court office must send documents filed under this rule to the minister with responsibility for foreign affairs with a request that the minister arrange for the court process to be served.
(5) If a Member State or Territory has under any enactment relating to state immunity agreed to a method of service, the court process may be served either by the method agreed or in accordance with this rule.
(6) An official certificate by the minister with responsibility for foreign affairs stating that court process has been duly served on a specified date in accordance with a request made under this rule is evidence of that fact.
(7) A document purporting to be such a certificate is to be treated as such a certificate, unless it is proved not to be.