189Service of notices

189 Service of notices

(1)  For the purposes of this Act, an application, direction or other document may be lodged with, served on or given to a person by –

(a) in the case of an individual –

(i) handing it to the person; or

(ii) leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the person's postal or residential address or place or address of business or employment last known to the person seeking to lodge, serve or give the document; or

(iii) faxing it to the person's facsimile number; or

(iv) emailing it to the person's email address; and

(b) in the case of any other person –

(i) leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the person's principal or registered office or one of the person's places of business; or

(ii) faxing it to the person's facsimile number; or

(iii) emailing it to the person's email address.

(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a document is taken to have been lodged with, served on or given to a club or any other body of persons if the document is lodged with, served on or given to –

(a) the club or body; or

(b) the secretary of the club or body.

(3)  A document that is sent to a person by post is not taken to have been lodged with, served on or given to the person until the time when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.