Yes, by that date. Please see below.
What is service?
Once you have lodged your claim at the court, it needs to be served on the defendant. A separate service copy and response copy of the claim form must be provided for each defendant you have joined.
The court will serve the defendant in minor case consumer/trader claims.
How do I serve an person?
To properly serve documents on a person, you must hand the documents:
directly to the person
to their parent, guardian or litigation guardian if the person is a child or has a legal disability
to someone at the person's usual or last known place of residence/business who is reasonably believed to be an adult
to someone who is authorised in writing to receive documents for the person, or
to an agent or lawyer who is acting for the person.
If a person (or their parent/guardian/litigation guardian) refuses to take the documents, you can serve them by telling them about the nature of the claim and the documents, and leaving the documents somewhere in their presence (for example, on a table or on the ground in front of them).
If serving the claim as described above will be too expensive or too difficult, get legal advice.