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City of Brisbane Act 2010
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### sec.220 Substituted service
If an owner of rateable land is known to be absent from the State, the council may serve a document on the owner by serving the document on the owner’s agent in the State.
Subsection (3) applies if—
the council must serve a document on a person who owns or occupies a property; but
the council does not know, or is uncertain about, the person’s current address.
The council may serve the document by—
publishing a notice that contains a copy of the document on the council’s website; or
publishing a notice that contains a summary of the document in—
a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and
the gazette.
The notice must be addressed to—
if the council knows the person’s name—the person by name; or
if the council does not know the person’s name—the ‘owner’ or ‘occupier’ at the property’s address.
s 220 amd 2023 No. 30 s 20
(sec.220-ssec.1) If an owner of rateable land is known to be absent from the State, the council may serve a document on the owner by serving the document on the owner’s agent in the State.
(sec.220-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— the council must serve a document on a person who owns or occupies a property; but the council does not know, or is uncertain about, the person’s current address.
(sec.220-ssec.3) The council may serve the document by— publishing a notice that contains a copy of the document on the council’s website; or publishing a notice that contains a summary of the document in— a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and the gazette.
(sec.220-ssec.4) The notice must be addressed to— if the council knows the person’s name—the person by name; or if the council does not know the person’s name—the ‘owner’ or ‘occupier’ at the property’s address.
- (a) the council must serve a document on a person who owns or occupies a property; but
- (b) the council does not know, or is uncertain about, the person’s current address.
- (a) publishing a notice that contains a copy of the document on the council’s website; or
- (b) publishing a notice that contains a summary of the document in— (i) a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and (ii) the gazette.
- (i) a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and
- (ii) the gazette.
- (i) a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and
- (ii) the gazette.
- (a) if the council knows the person’s name—the person by name; or
- (b) if the council does not know the person’s name—the ‘owner’ or ‘occupier’ at the property’s address.