13Service, giving and lodgment of notices or documents

#### 13 Service, giving and lodgment of notices or documents 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](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-076) 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 > > > > > (h) in the case of service on a corporation—by serving a copy of the notice or document on the corporation in any manner in which service of such a notice or document may, by law, be served on the corporation, or > > > > > (i) in such other manner as the Tribunal or a registrar may direct in a particular case. > > > (3) Service, giving and lodgment of documents with Tribunal A notice or document may be served on, given to or lodged with the Tribunal— > > > > > (a) by leaving it at the Registry, or > > > > > (b) by sending it by post to the Registry, or > > > > > (c) by any other means, including electronic means, as the Tribunal has made available for use for the service, giving or lodgment of notices or documents with the Tribunal. > > > (4) When notice or document taken to be served, given or lodged Unless the contrary is proved, the time at which a notice or document is taken to be served, given or lodged is— > > > > > (a) in the case of a copy of a notice or document that is posted—at the end of the seventh working day after the date on which the notice or document was posted to the person, or > > > > > (b) in the case of a copy of a notice or document that is left in a DX box in accordance with subrule (2)(e)—at the end of the second working day following the day on which the copy is so left, or > > > > > (c) in the case of a copy of a notice or document that is faxed in accordance with subrule (2)(f)—at the end of the first working day following the day on which the copy is so faxed, or > > > > > (d) in the case of a notice or document that is served electronically in accordance with subrule (2)(g)— > > > > > > > (i) if the notice or document that is served has been filed in, or issued by, the Tribunal by means of an ECM system referred to in Part 3—at the time provided by clause 13 of Schedule 1 to the [Electronic Transactions Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2000-008), or > > > > > > > (ii) if the notice or document that is served has not been filed in, or issued by, the Tribunal by such means—at the time provided by section 13A of the [Electronic Transactions Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2000-008). > > **rule 13:** Am 2018 (768), cl 3 (1); 2022 (243), cl 3.