ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 44 Service of documents on persons generally

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 44

44 Service of documents on persons generally

(1) Any document that is authorised or required by or under the road transport legislation to be given to or served on any person (other than a corporation) may be given or served:

(a) personally, or

(b) by means of a letter addressed to the person and sent by post to the person's business or home address, or

(c) by means of a letter addressed to the person and left at the person's business or home address with a person who appears to be of or above the age of 16 years and to reside at that address.

(2) Any document that is authorised or required by or under the road transport legislation to be given to or served on any person (being a corporation) may be given or served:

(a) by means of a letter addressed to the corporation and sent by post to the address of any of its registered offices, or

(b) by means of a letter addressed to the corporation and left at the address of any of the corporation's registered offices with a person who appears to be of or above the age of 16 years and to be employed at that address.

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), the regulations may:

(a) provide for additional means of giving or serving documents, or

(b) provide that a document of a class specified by the regulations be given or served only in the manner prescribed by the regulations, or

(c) provide for the date on which service of a document is taken to have been effected.

(4) This section does not apply to a penalty notice to which section 16 applies.