9Service of documents

9 Service of documents

(1)  Where under this Act a notice is authorized to be served on an employer, the notice may be served –

(a) in the case of a person who is neither a corporation nor a firm –

(i) by delivering it to him personally;

(ii) by leaving it at that person's place of business last known to the person authorized to serve the notice with someone who is apparently employed there, being a person who has or apparently has attained the age of 16 years; or

(iii) by sending it by post to that person's place of business last known to the person required to serve the notice;

(b) in the case of a corporation –

(i) by delivering it to the secretary of the corporation personally;

(ii) by leaving it at the registered office of the corporation or at the place or principal place of business of the corporation in Tasmania with a person apparently employed there, being a person who has or apparently has attained the age of 16 years; or

(iii) by sending it by post to the registered office of the corporation or to the place or principal place of business of the corporation; or

(c) in the case of a firm –

(i) by delivering it to a member of the firm personally;

(ii) by leaving it at the place or principal place of business of the firm in Tasmania last known to the person authorized to serve the notice with a person apparently employed there, being a person who has or apparently has attained the age of 16 years; or

(iii) by sending it by post to the place or principal place of business of the firm in Tasmania last known to the person authorized to serve the notice.

(2)  A reference in subsection (1) to the registered office of a corporation includes a reference to a registered office that is outside Tasmania.

(3)  [Section 9 Subsection (3) amended by No. 42 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Jul 2001] The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of sections 109X and 601CX of the Corporations Act.