New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHARITABLE FUNDRAISING ACT 1991 - SECT 54

54 Service of documents

(1) A document required or permitted by or under this Act to be served on a person may, if the person is a natural person, be served:

(a) by delivering the document to the person, or

(b) by sending the document by post addressed to the person at the person’s last known place of residence or at the person’s registered office, or

(c) by leaving the document at the person’s last known place of residence with some person apparently resident at that place and apparently not less than 16 years of age, or

(d) by leaving the document at the person’s last known place of business or at the person’s registered office with someone apparently in the service of the person and apparently not less than 16 years of age.

(2) A document required or permitted by or under this Act to be served on a person may, if the person is a corporation, be served:

(a) by sending the document by post addressed to the corporation at its registered office or principal place of business in New South Wales, or

(b) by leaving it at the registered office or principal place of business in New South Wales of the corporation with some person apparently employed in connection with the business of the corporation and apparently not less than 16 years of age.

(3) A document required or permitted by or under this Act to be served on an organisation may, if the organisation is not incorporated, be served:

(a) by sending the document by post addressed to the trustees or members of the governing body of the organisation at its registered office, or

(b) by serving it on any such trustee or member of the governing body in any manner that, by this section or otherwise according to law, constitutes sufficient service on a natural person.

(4) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not prejudice the operation of, any other law prescribing procedures sufficient for service of documents.