Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMPANIES ACT 1981 No. 89 of 1981 - SECT 529

529. (1) A document may be served on a recognized company or on a recognized
foreign company by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the principal
office of the company in the Territory.

(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the situation of the principal office
of a recognized company or of a recognized foreign company-

   (a)  in a case to which neither paragraph (b) nor paragraph (c)
        applies-shall be deemed to be the place notice of the address of which
        has been lodged with the Commission under the provision of the law of
        the participating State or participating Territory in which the
        company is incorporated or registered that corresponds with
        sub-section 501 (1);

   (b)  if only one notice of a change of address has been lodged with the
        Commission under the provision of that law that corresponds with
        sub-section 502 (1), shall, on and from-

        (i)    the date that is 7 days after the date on which the notice was
               lodged; or

        (ii)   the date that is specified in the notice as the date from which
               the change of address is to take effect,

whichever is later, be deemed to be the place the address of which is
specified in the notice; or

   (c)  if 2 or more notices of a change of address have been lodged with the
        Commission under the provision of that law that corresponds with
        sub-section 502 (1), shall, on and from-

        (i)    the date that is 7 days after the date on which the later or
               latest of those notices was lodged; or

        (ii)   the date that is specified in the later or latest of those
               notices as the date from which the change of address is to take
               effect,

whichever is later, be deemed to be the place the address of which is
specified in the relevant notice, and shall be so deemed to be that place
irrespective of whether the address of a different place is shown as the
address of the principal office of the recognized company or
recognized foreign company in a return or other document (not being a notice
lodged under the provision referred to in paragraph (b)) lodged with the
Commission after the notice referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), or the later
or latest of the notices referred to in paragraph (c), was lodged.

(3) Without limiting the operation of sub-section (1), a document may be
served on a recognized company or recognized foreign company by delivering a
copy of the document personally to each of 2 directors of the recognized
company or recognized foreign company who reside in Australia or in an
external Territory.

(4) Where a liquidator of a recognized company or of a recognized foreign
company has been appointed, a document may be served on the recognized company
or recognized foreign company by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to,
the last address of the office of the liquidator notice of which has been
lodged with the Commission under the law of a participating State or
participating Territory.

(5) Where an official manager of a recognized company or of a recognized
foreign company has been appointed, a document may be served on the recognized
company or recognized foreign company by leaving it at, or by sending it by
post to, the last address of the office of the official manager notice of
which has been lodged with the Commission under the law of a participating
State or participating Territory.

(6) Nothing in this section affects the power of the Court to authorize a
document to be served on a recognized foreign company in a manner not provided
for by this section.