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ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 28A Service of documents

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 28A

Service of documents

  (1)   For the purposes of any Act that requires or permits a document to be served on a person, whether the expression "serve", "give" or "send" or any other expression is used, then the document may be served:

  (a)   on a natural person:

  (i)   by delivering it to the person personally; or

  (ii)   by leaving it at, or by sending it by pre - paid post to, the address of the place of residence or business of the person last known to the person serving the document; or

  (b)   on a body corporate--by leaving it at, or sending it by pre - paid post to, the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the body corporate.

Note:   The Electronic Transactions Act 1999 deals with giving information in writing by means of an electronic communication.

  (2)   Nothing in subsection   (1):

  (a)   affects the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth, or any law of a State or Territory, that authorises the service of a document otherwise than as provided in that subsection; or

  (b)   affects the power of a court to authorise service of a document otherwise than as provided in that subsection.