New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1899 - SECT 25

25 Mode of service of summons

(1) Such summons shall be served three clear days before the day appointed for the hearing of the matter of the information upon which the same issues, and such summons shall be served by delivering the same or a duplicate thereof personally to the person summoned thereby, or in case notwithstanding all due diligence in that behalf such person cannot be personally served as aforesaid, then by leaving the same with the spouse or servant of such person or some other competent person, either on the land in respect of which such summons has been issued or at the place of abode of the person so summoned, and in all such cases as aforesaid the person serving such summons shall explain the nature and effect thereof to the person to whom the same or the duplicate thereof is delivered, unless such last-mentioned person shall prevent such explanation from being made.

(2) If notwithstanding all due diligence in that behalf it is from any cause impracticable to serve such summons in any of the ways aforesaid, then the posting of the same or a duplicate thereof on some conspicuous part of the land in respect of which the same has been issued shall be deemed to be good service of such summons.

(3) In this section:
"spouse" of a person includes a person with whom the person has a de facto relationship within the meaning of the Property (Relationships) Act 1984 .