sec.239Substituted service

### sec.239 Substituted service If an owner of rateable land is known to be absent from the State, a local government may serve a document on the owner by serving the document on the owner’s agent in the State. Subsection (3) applies if— a local government must serve a document on a person who owns or occupies a property; but the local government does not know, or is uncertain about, the person’s current address. The local government may serve the document by— publishing a notice that contains a copy of the document on the local government’s website; or publishing a notice that contains a summary of the document in— a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and the gazette. The notice must be addressed to— if the local government knows the person’s name—the person by name; or if the local government does not know the person’s name—the ‘owner’ or ‘occupier’ at the property’s address. In this section, a reference to a local government includes a reference to a joint local government. s 239 amd 2010 No. 23 s 329 ; 2012 No. 33 s 155 ; 2023 No. 30 s 100 (sec.239-ssec.1) If an owner of rateable land is known to be absent from the State, a local government may serve a document on the owner by serving the document on the owner’s agent in the State. (sec.239-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— a local government must serve a document on a person who owns or occupies a property; but the local government does not know, or is uncertain about, the person’s current address. (sec.239-ssec.3) The local government may serve the document by— publishing a notice that contains a copy of the document on the local government’s website; or publishing a notice that contains a summary of the document in— a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and the gazette. (sec.239-ssec.4) The notice must be addressed to— if the local government knows the person’s name—the person by name; or if the local government does not know the person’s name—the ‘owner’ or ‘occupier’ at the property’s address. (sec.239-ssec.5) In this section, a reference to a local government includes a reference to a joint local government. - (a) a local government must serve a document on a person who owns or occupies a property; but - (b) the local government does not know, or is uncertain about, the person’s current address. - (a) publishing a notice that contains a copy of the document on the local government’s website; or - (b) publishing a notice that contains a summary of the document in— (i) a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and (ii) the gazette. - (i) a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and - (ii) the gazette. - (i) a newspaper that is circulating generally throughout the State; and - (ii) the gazette. - (a) if the local government knows the person’s name—the person by name; or - (b) if the local government does not know the person’s name—the ‘owner’ or ‘occupier’ at the property’s address.