Service of summons, process or notice on corporations incorporated outside Australia
74P Service of summons, process or notice on corporations incorporated outside Australia
Scope
This section applies to:
a summons or process in any proceedings under, or connected with, this Division; or
a notice under any other provision of this Act, so far as that provision relates to this Division;
where:
the summons, process or notice, as the case may be, is required to be served on, or given to, a body corporate incorporated outside Australia; and
the body corporate does not have a registered office or a principal office in Australia; and
the body corporate has an agent in Australia.
Service
The summons, process or notice, as the case may be, is taken to have been served on, or given to, the body corporate if it is served on, or given to, the agent.
Subsection (2) has effect in addition to section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 deals with the service of documents.
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