30Service of notices etc

30 Service of notices etc

30 Service of notices etc

(1) Where, under the provisions of this instrument, a notice or other document is required to be served on a person, the notice or document may be served:

(a) where the person is not a corporation—by serving it personally on the person or by sending it by post to the person at the person’s usual or last known place of residence, employment or business, or

(b) where the person is a corporation—by leaving it at or sending by post to the registered office of the corporation.

(2) In subclause (1):

last known means last known to the Compensation Board.

registered office means:

(a) the office of the corporation that is the registered office or principal office in accordance with the law of the State or Territory of the Commonwealth by or under which the corporation is incorporated,

(b) where the corporation is not incorporated in Australia, the office registered under the law of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth as the registered office of the corporation, or

(c) in the case of a corporation that has no such registered office or principal office, the principal place of business of the corporation in the State or, if it has no place of business in the State, its principal place of business in Australia.

(3) For the purposes of this instrument, where a notice or document is properly addressed, prepaid and posted as a letter, the notice or document shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been served on the person to whom it is addressed at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.