New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1984 - SECT 63

63 Service of documents

(1) A document may be served on an incorporated association:

(a) by addressing it to the association and leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the address of the public officer of the association last notified under this Act to the Director-General whether or not, at the time the document is so left or sent, there is a vacancy in the office of public officer of the association,

(b) by delivering a copy of the document personally to each of 2 members of the committee of the association addressed to the association, or

(c) in such manner as the Director-General may in the special circumstances of the case direct.

(2) The public officer or a member of the committee of an incorporated association who receives a document addressed to the association shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the document, bring it to the attention of the committee of the association.

(3) Where a person who is not the public officer or a member of the committee of an incorporated association:

(a) receives a document addressed to the association, and

(b) was within the period of 12 months before receiving the document the public officer or a member of the committee of the association,

the person shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the document, bring it to the attention of the committee of the association.

Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.