Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1)(a) A notice
required or authorised by this Act to be served on any person or any notice
served on any person under any instrument or agreement that relates to
property may be served on that person —
(i)
by delivering the notice to him personally;
(ii)
by leaving it for him at his usual or last known place of
abode, or if he is in business as a principal, at his usual or last known
place of business;
(iii)
by posting it to him as a letter addressed to him at his
usual or last known place of abode, or if he is in business as a principal, at
his usual or last known place of business; or
(iv)
in the case of a corporation by leaving it or by posting
it as a letter addressed in either case to the corporation at its registered
office or principal place of business in the State.
(b) A
notice so posted shall be deemed to have been served, unless the contrary is
shown, at the time when by the ordinary course of post the notice would be
delivered.
(2)(a) If the person
is absent from the State, the notice may be delivered as provided in
subsection (1) to his agent in the State.
(b) If
he is deceased, the notice may be so delivered to his personal representative.
(3) If the person is
not known, or is absent from the State and has no known agent in the State or
is deceased and has no personal representative, the notice shall be delivered
in such manner as may be directed by an order of the Court.
(4) Notwithstanding
anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, the Court may in any
case make an order directing the manner in which any notice is to be
delivered, or dispensing with the delivery thereof.
(5) This section does
not apply to notices served in proceedings in the Court, or to notices served
pursuant to the provisions of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 .
(6) This section
applies unless a contrary method of service of a notice is provided in the
instrument or agreement.