Section 13 - Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 - Service, giving and lodgment of notices or documents

13Service, giving and lodgment of notices or documents

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13 Service, giving and lodgment of notices or documents

(1) Application of rule This rule applies for the purposes of each of the following—

(a) the Act and the statutory rules under the Act,

(b) the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 and the regulations under that Act.

(2) Means for service or giving of notices and documents A notice or document may be served on or given to a person or body—

(a) by means of personal service, or

(b) by posting a copy of the notice or document, addressed to the person or body—

(i) to the person’s or body’s address for service, or

(ii) if the person or body does not have an address for service, to the person’s or body’s business or residential address (or the business or residential address last known to the person or body serving the notice or document), or

(c) by leaving a copy of the notice or document, addressed to the person or body—

(i) at the person’s or body’s address for service, or

(ii) if the person does not have an address for service, at the person’s or body’s business or residential address (or the business or residential address last known to the person or body serving the notice or document), or

(d) in the case of a Government Department—by leaving a copy of the notice or document at, or by posting the notice or document to, any office of that Department addressed to the head of the Government Department, or

(e) in the case of a person or body whose address for service includes a DX address in New South Wales—by leaving a copy of the notice or document, addressed to the person or body, in the DX box at that address or in another DX box for transmission to that DX box, or

(f) in the case of a person or body that has consented to service by means of a fax sent to a fax number specified by the person or body—by faxing a copy of the notice or document, addressed to the person or body, to that fax number, or

(g) in the case of a person or body that has consented to electronic service by means of an email address or mobile phone number specified by the person or body—by transmitting the notice or document in an electronic format, addressed to the person or body, to that address or number, or