219Service of notices

219 Service of notices (1) A notice required or authorised by this Act to be served on or given to a person or a notice served on, or given to a person under an instrument or agreement that relates to property, may be served on or given to the person: (a) by delivering the notice to the person personally; Law of Property Act 2000 136 (b) by leaving it for the person at the person's usual or last known place of residence or, if the person is in business as a principal, at the person's usual or last known place of business; (c) by posting it to the person by registered mail as a letter addressed to the person at the person's usual or last known place of residence or, if the person is in business as a principal, at the person's usual known place of business; or (d) in the case of a company, by leaving or posting it, as a letter addressed to the company at or to its registered office or principal place of business in the Territory (2) Unless the contrary is shown, a notice posted as specified in subsection (1) is to be taken to have been served at the time when the notice would be delivered by the ordinary course of post. (3) If the person is absent from the Territory, the notice may be delivered as specified in subsection (1) to the person's agent in the (4) If the person is deceased, the notice may be served on or given to the person's personal representative as specified in subsection (1). (5) If the person is not known, is absent from the Territory and has no known agent in the Territory or is deceased and has no known personal representative, the notice is to be served in the manner directed by the Court. (6) Notwithstanding this section, the Court may make an order: (a) directing the manner in which a notice is to be served; or (b) dispensing with the service of a notice. (7) This section does not apply: (a) to notices served in proceedings in the Court; or (b) if the person serving the notice prevents its receipt by the person on whom the notice is intended to be served. (8) This section applies to the service of a notice under an instrument, agreement or Act unless the instrument, agreement or Act specifies another method of serving the notice.