137Service of documents

137 Service of documents

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a document may be served on, or given to, a person—

(a) if the person is a natural person—

(i) by delivering it personally to the person; or

(ii) by sending it by post to the person at his or her usual or last known residential or business address; or

(iii) by leaving it at the person's usual or last known residential or business address with a person on the premises who is apparently at least 16 years old and apparently residing or employed there; or

S. 137(1)(a)(iv) inserted by No. 44/2022 s. 68(1).

(iv) if the person has given an electronic address as an address for receiving notices or other documents—by sending it by electronic communication to that electronic address; or

S. 137(1)(a)(v) inserted by No. 44/2022 s. 68(1).

(v) in any other prescribed way; or

S. 137(1)(b) amended by No. 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 21.2).

(b) if the person is a company incorporated under the Corporations Act—

(i) by delivering it personally to the registered office of the company; or

(ii) by sending it by post to the registered office of the company; or

(iii) in any other way that service of documents may be effected on a body corporate; or

S. 137(1)(b)(iv) inserted by No. 44/2022 s. 68(2).

(iv) if the company has given an electronic address as an address for receiving notices or other documents—by sending it by electronic communication to that electronic address; or

S. 137(1)(b)(v) inserted by No. 44/2022 s. 68(2).

(v) in any other prescribed way; or

S. 137(1)(c) amended by Nos 20/2012 s. 226(Sch. 5 item 5), 44/2022 s. 68(3).

(c) if the person is an incorporated association within the meaning of the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012, in accordance with section 217 of that Act; or

S. 137(1)(d) inserted by No. 44/2022 s. 68(4).

(d) if the person is a legal practitioner who has given written notice that the legal practitioner represents a person in any proceeding under this Act and is instructed to accept personal service of documents on behalf of the person, personal service of a document on the person may be effected by—

(i) giving a copy of the document to the legal practitioner; or

(ii) leaving a copy of the document at the ordinary place of business of the legal practitioner with a person who appears to work there; or

(iii) sending a copy of the document by registered post addressed to the legal practitioner at the ordinary business address of the legal practitioner; or