Service of documents
122 Service of documents
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—
by delivering it personally to the person to be served; or
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
by sending it by post addressed to the person to be served at that person's usual or last known place of residence; or
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
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.
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.
S. 122(3) amended by No. 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 82.2).
The provisions of this section are additional to and do not take away from the provisions of sections 109X and 601CX of the Corporations Act.
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.
S. 123 amended by No. 27/1991 s. 4(5), substituted by No. 82/2000 s. 69.
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