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Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011
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124 Service of documents on members, interested people and
occupiers
(1) For this Act and the Unit Titles Act 2001 (including an application for
a court order under either Act) a document may be served on a unit
owner or anyone else with an interest in a unit or the common
property on a units plan by—
(a) sending it by prepaid post as a letter to the relevant address for
correspondence recorded on the corporate register; or
(b) if the latest address for correspondence recorded in the corporate
register is the postal address of a building or unit on the land—
placing it in a letterbox for mail addressed to the building or unit;
or
(c) serving it in another way directed by the person to be served.
Note The methods of service provided for in this section are in addition to
methods of service provided for in the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.
(2) If a unit is owned by 2 or more part-owners, and a document is
required or permitted to be served on the owner, service of the
document under this section on the part-owners’ representative is
sufficient.
(3) If an owner of a unit is a company, and a document is required or
permitted to be served on the company, service of the document under
this section on the company’s representative is sufficient.
(4) If a mortgagee voting notice is current for a unit, and a document is
required or permitted to be served on the mortgagee, service of the
document under this section on the mortgagee’s representative is
sufficient.
(5) If a unit has an occupier who is not an owner of the unit, and a
document is required or permitted to be served on the occupier, the
document may be served on the occupier—
(a) by putting it in a letterbox for mail addressed to the unit; or
(b) by giving it personally to the occupier; or
(c) by serving it in another way directed by the occupier.
(6) For this section, an interest in the common property includes a
sublease under section 20 (3).