57Service of documents

57 Service of documents

57 Service of documents

(1) A document that is authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on or given to any person may be served or given by—

(a) in the case of a natural person—

(i) delivering it to the person personally, or

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

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

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

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

(iv) 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 a document to be served on or given to a person in any other manner.

s 57: Am 2017 No 25, Sch 1.29 [1] [2].