BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SECURITY OF PAYMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 31 Service of documents

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SECURITY OF PAYMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 31

31 Service of documents

(1) Any document that by or under this Act is authorised or required to be served on a person may be served on the person--

(a) by delivering it to the person personally, or

(b) by lodging it during normal office hours at the person's ordinary place of business, or

(c) by sending it by post addressed to the person's ordinary place of business, or

(d) by email to an email address specified by the person for the service of documents of that kind, or

(d1) by any other method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind, or

(e) in the case of service by a party to a construction contract on another party to the construction contract--in the manner that may be provided under the construction contract.

(2) Service of a document that is sent to a person's ordinary place of business, as referred to in subsection (1)(c), is taken to have been effected when the document is received at that place.

(3) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not limit or exclude, the provisions of any other law with respect to the service of documents.

(4) In this section--


"document" includes written notice or determination.


"serve" includes give, send or otherwise provide.