Property and Stock Agents Regulation 2022
10Service of agency agreements—the Act, s 55
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10 Service of agency agreements—the Act, s 55
10 Service of agency agreements—the Act, s 55
(1) For the Act, section 55(3), each of the following methods of service is prescribed as a means by which a copy of an agency agreement may be served on an individual—
(a) delivering it personally to the individual,
(b) leaving it at the individual’s place of residence, or at an address provided in the agency agreement as the individual’s address for service, with a person—
(i) who apparently resides there, and
(ii) who has apparently reached the age of 16 years,
(c) sending it by post to the individual—
(i) at the individual’s residential address or postal address as disclosed in the agency agreement, or
(ii) at an address provided in the agency agreement as the individual’s address for service,
(d) transmitting it electronically to an email address provided in the agency agreement as the individual’s address for electronic service.
(2) For the Act, section 55(3), each of the following methods of service is prescribed as a means by which a copy of an agency agreement may be served on a body corporate—
(a) delivering it personally to—
(i) the secretary of the body corporate, or
(ii) another person involved in the management of the body corporate,
(b) leaving it at the body corporate’s principal place of business with a person—
(i) who is apparently employed there, and
(ii) who has apparently reached the age of 16 years,
(c) sending it by post to the body corporate at the address of its principal place of business or postal address, as disclosed in the agency agreement,
(d) transmitting it electronically to an email address disclosed in the agency agreement.