New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL PARKS ACT 1998 - SECT 153

153 Service of documents

(1) A notice or other document (other than a notice of termination or penalty notice) required to be given to a resident under this Act may be given:

(a) by delivering it personally to the resident or a person apparently of or above the age of 16 years by whom the rent payable by the resident is ordinarily paid, or

(b) by delivering it to the residential premises occupied by the resident and by leaving it there with some person apparently of or above the age of 16 years for the resident, or

(c) by sending it by post to the residential premises occupied by the resident, or

(d) in such other manner as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section or approved by the Tribunal.

(2) A notice or other document (other than a notice of termination) required to be given to a park owner under this Act may be given:

(a) by delivering it personally to the park owner, the park manager or a person apparently of or above the age of 16 years to whom the rent payable to the park owner is ordinarily paid, or

(b) by sending it by post to the park owner’s, or park manager’s, usual place of residence or business or employment, or

(c) by sending it by facsimile transmission to the park owner’s, or park manager’s, usual place of residence or business or employment, or

(d) in such other manner as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section or approved by the Tribunal.

(3) A document given or an application made to the Tribunal may be given or made to the Tribunal or lodged with the Registrar of the Tribunal by leaving it at, by sending it by facsimile transmission or by sending it by post to:

(a) the office of the Tribunal, or

(b) if it has more than one office, any one of its offices, or

(c) any other place prescribed by the regulations.

(4) A notice of termination given under this Act may be given in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(5) Nothing in subsection (3) affects the operation of any provision of a law or of the rules of a court authorising a document to be given to or lodged with the Tribunal in a manner not provided for by subsection (3).

(6) In subsection (1), a reference to a resident is to be read as a reference to a person appointed by a resident under section 32 (which relates to the appointment of agents).