30GService of documents generally

30G Service of documents generally

30G Service of documents generally

(1) Subject to this Rule, a document may be served on a person—

(a) by means of personal service, or

(b) by posting a copy of the document, addressed to the person, to the person’s address for service, or

(c) by leaving a copy of the document, addressed to the person at the person’s address for service, with a person who is apparently of or above the age of 16 years and apparently employed or residing at that address.

(2) In the case of a person having an address for service that is a solicitor’s office address, service of a document on the person may also be effected—

(a) if the notice advising the address for service includes a DX address, by leaving a copy of the document, addressed to the solicitor, in that DX box at that address or in another DX box for transmission to that DX box, or

(b) if the notice advising the address for service includes a fax number, by faxing a copy of the document to that number, or

(c) if the notice advising the address for service includes an electronic mail address, by transmitting an electronic copy of the document to that address.

(3) Unless the contrary is proved, the time at which a document is taken to have been served is—

(a) in the case of a document that is left in a DX box in accordance with subclause (2) (a), at the end of the second day following the day on which the copy is so left, or

(b) in the case of a copy of a document that is faxed in accordance with subclause (2) (b), at the end of the first day following the day on which the copy is so faxed.

Note—

See clause 13 of Schedule 1 to the Electronic Transactions Act 2000 as to when an electronic copy of a document is taken to have been delivered to an electronic mail address.

cl 30G: Ins 2006 (810), Sch 1 [8]. Am 2010 No 119, Sch 2.9.