Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person may serve a document on an individual or body (the recipient ):
(a) by giving it to:
(i) if the recipient is an individual – the recipient; or
(ii) if the recipient is a body – an executive officer of the body; or
(iii) in any case – a person authorised by the recipient to receive the document; or
(b) by sending it by prepaid post addressed to the recipient at the recipient's address; or
(c) by sending it to the recipient by fax; or
(d) by leaving it, addressed to the recipient, at the recipient's address with someone who appears to be at least 16 years old and appears to live or be employed there.
(2) A document served under subsection (1)(b) is taken to be served when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.
(3) Subject to evidence to the contrary, a document served under subsection (1)(c) is taken to be served when it was sent to a current fax number of the recipient.
(4) A document served under subsection (1)(d) is taken to be served when it was left with the person mentioned in the subsection.
(5) This section has effect for the service of a document whether or not the word serve is used in the law providing for the service of the document.
(6) In this section:
"address", of a recipient, includes the latest home and business addresses of the recipient that are recorded for a law in force in the Territory.
"body" includes an incorporated body.
"document" includes a notice and any other thing that may be sent by a method mentioned in subsection (1).
"executive officer", of a body, means:
(a) for an Agency – the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency. or
(b) otherwise – a person (however described) who is concerned with, or participates in, the body's management.