Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A document that is required or permitted by these Regulations to be served on a person in Australia (whether 'serve', 'give', 'send' or any other expression is used) may be served on the person:
(a) if the person is a corporation -- by delivering the document personally to the manager or secretary of the corporation, or, if the corporation has a registered office in Australia under a law of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth, by leaving it at that office or by sending it by post addressed to the corporation at that office or, if the corporation does not have such a registered office, by sending it by post addressed to the corporation at its principal place of business in Australia; or
(b) if the person is not a corporation -- by delivering the document to the person personally or by sending it by post addressed to the person at the address of the place of residence or business in Australia of the person last known to the person sending the document.
(2) In the application of the last preceding subregulation in relation to a notice under paragraph (a) of subregulation (2) of regulation 10 of these Regulations, a reference to post shall be read as a reference to registered post.
(3) For paragraphs 195AT (2A) (a), (3A) (a) and (4B) (a) of the Act, the giving of a notice to an author, or person representing the author, ( addressee ) must be:
(a) by registered post; or
(b) by a courier service that provides means of confirming delivery to, or receipt by, the addressee.