AustLII Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

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CONSUMER AFFAIRS ACT 1988 - SECT 24

24. Service of documents, &c.

      (1) Where under this Act a document or a notice maybe, or is required to be, served on a person, the document or notice may be served –

(a) in the case of a person who is neither a body corporate nor a firm –

(i) by delivering it to him personally; or

(ii) by leaving it at that person's place of residence last known to the person required to serve the document or notice with someone who apparently resides there, or at that person's place of business or employment last known to the person required to serve the document or notice with someone who is apparently employed there, being in either case a person who has or apparently has attained the age of 16 years; or

(iii) by sending it by post to that person's place of residence, business, or employment last known to the person required to serve the document or notice; or

(b) in the case of a body corporate –

(i) by delivering it to the secretary of the body corporate personally; or

(ii) by leaving it at the registered office of the body corporate or at the place or principal place of business of the body corporate in Tasmania with a person apparently employed there, being a person who has or apparently has attained the age of 16 years; or

(iii) by sending it by post to the registered office of the body corporate or to the place or principal place of business of the body corporate; or

(c) in the case of a firm –

(i) by delivering it to a member of the firm personally; or

(ii) by leaving it at the place or principal place of business of the firm in Tasmania last known to the person required to serve the document or notice with a person apparently employed there, being a person who has or apparently has attained the age of 16 years; or

(iii) by sending it by post to the place or principal place of business of the firm in Tasmania last known to the person required to serve the document or notice.

      (2) A reference in subsection (1) to the registered office of a body corporate includes a reference to a registered office that is outside Tasmania.

      (3) The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions of sections 109X and 601CX of the Corporations Act.



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