27AService of summons under section 57(2)

27A Service of summons under section 57(2) (1) A summons issued under section 57(2) to a person other than a corporation may be served on a defendant: (a) by delivering 2 copies of the summons to the defendant personally; or (b) subject to subsection (2), by leaving 2 copies of the summons for the defendant at his last-known place of abode or business with a person apparently an inmate or employed at that place and apparently not less than 16 years of age; or (c) subject to subsections (2) and (3), by posting by registered post service, as provided under the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 of the Commonwealth, 2 copies of the summons to the defendant at his last-known place of abode or business.

Local Court (Criminal Procedure) Act 1928 7 (3) A summons served under subsection (1)(c) on a defendant shall be served: (a) if the offence alleged in the summons is an offence in respect of which a traffic infringement notice, within the meaning of