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Associations Incorporation Act 1991
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122 Service of documents
(1) Unless otherwise provided by this Act, service on an incorporated
association of a document or process may be effected by—
(a) addressing it to the association and leaving it at, or sending it by
post to, the address that appears in the registrar-general’s records
as the last notified address of the person who is, or was then, the
public officer of the association; or
(b) serving a copy of it personally on a member of the committee of
(c) if the association has a registered office—addressing it to the
association and leaving it at, or, by sending it by post to, the
registered office of the association; or
(d) if the association is an ACNC registered entity—giving the
document or process in accordance with the Australian
Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cwlth),
section 195-10.
(2) If under this Act a document or process is served on the public officer
or a member of the committee of an incorporated association, the
public officer or the member must, as soon as practicable after
receiving the document or process, bring it to the attention of the
committee of the association.
(3) If a person who is not the public officer or a member of the committee
of an incorporated association—
(a) receives a document addressed to the association; and
(b) was, at any time within the period of 2 years ended immediately
before receiving the document, an officer of the association;
the person must, as soon as practicable after receiving the document,
bring it to the attention of the committee of the association.