Section 31 - Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 - Service of documents

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31 Service of documents

(1) Any document that by or under this Act is authorised or required to be served on a person may be served on the person—

(a) by delivering it to the person personally, or

(b) by lodging it during normal office hours at the person’s ordinary place of business, or

(c) by sending it by post addressed to the person’s ordinary place of business, or

(d) by email to an email address specified by the person for the service of documents of that kind, or

(d1) by any other method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind, or

(e) in the case of service by a party to a construction contract on another party to the construction contract—in the manner that may be provided under the construction contract.

(2) Service of a document that is sent to a person’s ordinary place of business, as referred to in subsection (1)(c), is taken to have been effected when the document is received at that place.

(3) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not limit or exclude, the provisions of any other law with respect to the service of documents.

(4) In this section—

document includes written notice or determination.

serve includes give, send or otherwise provide.

s 31: Am 2002 No 133, Sch 1 [47]; 2017 No 25, Sch 1.7 [1] [2]; 2018 No 78, Sch 1[28]–[32].