Service of documents
192 Service of documents
For the purposes of this Act, service of a document on a person may be effected—
on a natural person—
by delivering it to the person personally, or
by leaving it at, or by sending it by pre-paid post to, the residential or business address of the person last known to the person serving the document, or
on a body corporate—by leaving it at, or by sending it by pre-paid post to, the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the body corporate,
or in any other way in which service could have been effected had this section not been enacted.
In addition to the means of service provided for under subsection (1), service of a document on a person (whether a natural person or a body corporate) may be effected by means of a form of electronic transmission notified by the person as being an available means of communication.
Service of a copy of a document in accordance with subsection (1) or by means of electronic transmission is taken to be service of the document for the purposes of that subsection.
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