BANKRUPTCY REGULATIONS 2021 (F2021L00261) - REG 102 Service of documents

BANKRUPTCY REGULATIONS 2021 (F2021L00261) - REG 102

             (1)  Unless the contrary intention appears, if a document is required or permitted by the Act or this instrument to be given or sent to, or served on, a person (other than the Inspector-General, the Official Receiver or the Official Trustee), the document may be:

                     (a)  sent by a courier service to the person at the address of the person last known to the person serving the document; or

                     (b)  left, in an envelope or similar packaging marked with the person's name and any relevant document exchange number, at a document exchange where the person maintains a document exchange facility.

Note:          See also section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

             (2)  In the absence of proof to the contrary, the document is taken to have been received by, or served on, the person when the document would, in the due course of business practice, be delivered to that address or document exchange.