New South Wales Consolidated Acts

APIARIES ACT 1985 - SECT 47

47 Service of documents

(1) Any document that is required or permitted to be served on a person under this Act may be served:

(a) by delivering the document to that person,

(b) by leaving the document at the last known place of residence or business of that person, or

(c) by sending the document by post, with the postage prepaid, in an envelope addressed to that person at the usual or last known place of residence or business of that person.

(2) In subsection (1), "last known" means last known to the person who is effecting the service.

(3) Where for the purposes of this Act a document is required or permitted to be served on the occupier of premises, the document may, if the occupier’s address is not known to the person effecting the service, be addressed to the occupier by that description, together with the number (if any) and address or other description of the premises concerned, without specifying any further name or description.

(4) A document that is required or permitted to be served on the occupier of any particular premises may, if addressed to the occupier of the premises, be served:

(a) by delivering the document or a true copy of it to some person on those premises who is apparently over the age of 16 years, or

(b) if there is no person on those premises who can be so served, by fixing the document or copy to some conspicuous part of the premises.