69Service of documents

#### 69 Service of documents 69 Service of documents > > (1) A document that is authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on any person may be served 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) sending it by email to an email address specified by the person for the giving or service of documents, 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) sending it by email to an email address specified by the body corporate for the giving or service of documents. > > > (2) A document that is authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on— > > > > > (a) the petroleum site operator of a petroleum site, may also be served by leaving it with a worker at the petroleum site, or > > > > > (b) the mine operator of a mine, may also be served by leaving it with a worker at the mine, or > > > > > (c) an industry safety and health representative, may also be served by sending it to any district or national office of the Mining and Energy Union or by leaving it with a person apparently of or above the age of 16 years at any such office. > > > (2A) If the regulator has specified, by order published in the Gazette, a person, place or address (including an email address) for the service of any document that is authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on the regulator, the document may be served only by delivering it to that person, place or address. > > > (3) 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 a person in any other manner. > > > (4) In this section, a reference to a document being served on a person includes a reference to any document being given to the person. > > **s 69:** Am 2015 No 43, Sch 1 \[50\] \[51\]; 2019 No 1, Sch 2.44; 2022 No 24, Sch 1\[19\] \[20\]; 2023 No 40, Sch 4\[2\].