131Service of documents

131 Service of documents

131 Service of documents

(1) A notice or other document referred to in this Act or the regulations may be served on any person—

(a) in the case of a natural person—

(i) by delivering it to the person personally, or

(ii) by sending it by post to the address specified by the person for the giving or service of documents or, if no such address is specified, the residential or business address of the person last known to the person giving or serving the document, or

(iii) by sending it by facsimile transmission to the facsimile number of the person, or

(iv) by email to an email address specified by the person for the service of documents of that kind, or

(v) by any other method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate—

(i) by leaving it with a person apparently of or above the age of 16 years at, or by sending it by post to, the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the body corporate or to an address specified by the body corporate for the giving or service of documents, or

(ii) by sending it by facsimile transmission to the facsimile number of the body corporate, or

(iii) by email to an email address specified by the body corporate for the service of documents of that kind, or

(iv) by any other method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind.

(2) Nothing in this section affects the operation of any provision of a law or of the rules of a court authorising or requiring a document to be served on a person in any other manner.

pt 6, div 3 (ss 90–96): Rep 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [47].

s 131: Am 2017 No 25, Sch 1.28 [1] [2].