274Service of notices and other documents

274 Service of notices and other documents

(1)  A notice or other document that is authorised or required by or under this Act to be served on or given to any person may be served or given by –

(a) in the case of an individual –

(i) delivering it to the person personally; or

(ii) leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the address specified by the person for the giving or service of documents or, if no such address is specified, the residential or business address of the person last known to the person giving or serving the document; or

(iii) sending it by electronic transmission to an email address nominated by the person (in correspondence or otherwise) as an email address or location for the giving or service of documents of that kind; or

(iv) sending it by any other electronic means nominated by the person (in correspondence or otherwise) as a means of giving or serving documents of that kind; or

(b) in the case of a body corporate –

(i) leaving it with a person apparently of or above the age of 16 years at, or by sending it by post to, the head office, a registered office or a principal place of business of the body corporate or to an address specified by the body corporate for the giving or service of documents; or

(ii) sending it by electronic transmission to an email address nominated by the body corporate (in correspondence or otherwise) as an email address for the giving or service of documents of that kind; or

(iii) sending it by any other electronic means nominated by the body corporate (in correspondence or otherwise) as a means of giving or serving documents of that kind.

(2)  A notice or other document that is to be served by leaving it at any particular premises is taken, if addressed to the occupier of the premises (either by name or as the occupier), to be given or served –

(a) by delivering the document or a true copy of it to a person on those premises who is apparently over the age of 16 years; or

(b) if there is no person on those premises who may be given or served with the document, by fixing the document or a copy of it to some conspicuous part of the premises.