Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Extractive Industries Development Act 1995 - SECT 55

Service of documents

55. Service of documents



(1) If by or under this Act a document is required or permitted to be served
on a person then, unless otherwise provided by this Act, the document may be
served-

   (a)  by delivering it personally to the person to be served; or

   (b)  by leaving it at that person's usual or last known place of residence
        with a person apparently over the age of 16 years and apparently
        residing there; or

   (c)  by sending it by post addressed to the person to be served at that
        person's usual or last known place of residence; or

   (d)  in the case of service on an owner of any land or premises whose name
        and address are not known to the server, by serving it on the occupier
        of the land or premises concerned in accordance with paragraph (a) or
        (b) or, if there is no occupier, by posting it up on a conspicuous
        part of the land or premises; or

   (e)  in the case of service on an occupier of any land or premises whose
        name and address are not known to the server, by posting it up on a
        conspicuous part of the land or premises.

(2) A document that is to be served on the owner or occupier of any land or
premises may be addressed by the description of "the owner" or "the occupier"
of the land or premises concerned (naming it or them), without further name or
description.

(3) The provisions of this section are additional to and do not take away from
the provisions of section 109X of the Corporations Act.



(4) If a document is properly served on the owner or occupier of any land or
premises, that service is binding on every subsequent owner or occupier to the
same extent as if it had been served on that subsequent owner or occupier.