Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
115Substituted service
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115 Substituted service
Where: (a) a document is required to be served on a person for the purposes of proceedings against the person for the recovery of a debt due to the Commonwealth under this Act; and (b) the Registrar is satisfied, after reasonable inquiry, that the person: (i) is absent from Australia and has no attorney or agent in Australia on whom service of process can be effected; or (ii) cannot be found; service of the document on the person may be effected, without leave of a court, by posting the document or a sealed copy of it in a letter addressed to the person at the person’s last known place of business or residence in Australia.