394Service of documents

#### 394 Service of documents 394 Service of documents > > (1) A document authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on a person may be served by the following methods— > > > > > (a) for an individual—by personal delivery to the person, > > > > > (b) by post to the address specified by the person for the service of documents of that kind, > > > > > (c) for an individual who has not specified an address—by post to the residential or business address of the person last known to the person serving the document, > > > > > (d) for a corporation—by post to the registered office or another office of the corporation or by leaving the document at the office with a person who is apparently more than 16 years of age, > > > > > (e) if the person has consented, whether explicitly or impliedly, to service of documents generally or documents of that kind by electronic communication—by electronic communication, > > > > > > Examples of impliedly consenting to service of documents by electronic communication— > > > > > > previously using email to correspond with the person or authority serving the document or including an email address in an application to, or other official communication with, the person or authority > > > > > (f) by another method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind. > > > (2) In the case of land that is owned or occupied by more than one person or of an approval that is held by more than one person, service of a document on any one of them, or on any person duly appointed by them for the purpose of accepting service of documents, is taken to be service on all of them. > > > (3) This section does not limit any other manner in which a document may be served. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > electronic communication has the same meaning as in the [Electronic Transactions Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2000-008). > > > > serve includes give or send. > > **s 394:** Am 2011 No 27, Sch 1.11 \[3\]; 2018 No 31, Sch 1 \[78\] \[79\]; 2025 No 70, Sch 3\[140\] \[141\].