Service on corporation
10.02 Service on corporation
A document that is to be served personally on a corporation, or on the liquidator or administrator of a corporation, must be served in accordance with section 109X(1) of the Corporations Act 2001.
Section 109X(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 is as follows:
‘(1) For the purposes of any law, a document may be served on a company by:
leaving it at, or posting it to, the company’s registered office; or
delivering a copy of the document personally to a director of the company who resides in Australia or in an external Territory; or
if a liquidator of the company has been appointed—leaving it at, or posting it to, the address of the liquidator’s office in the most recent notice of that address lodged with ASIC; or
if an administrator of the company has been appointed—leaving it at, or posting it to, the address of the administrator in the most recent notice of that address lodged with ASIC.’.
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