Residential Parks (Long-stay Tenants) Act 2006

A document that is required or permitted to be given to a person under this Act may be —

given to the person personally; or

sent by post addressed to the person at —

if the person has specified a place where the person’s mail be directed — the specified place; or

if the person has not specified an address — the person’s last known place of residence, employment or business;

if the long‑stay tenant and park operator agree or in other circumstances specified in the regulations — given or sent by electronic means in accordance with the regulations.

The park operator may give a document to a long‑stay tenant for the purposes of the long‑stay agreement by giving it to —

a person who is apparently 17 years of age or older and who is apparently residing on the agreed premises; or

the person who ordinarily pays rent under the long‑stay agreement.

If a document that is required or permitted to be given to a person under this Act cannot be given under subsection (1), the document is taken to have been given to the person if —

a copy of the document is published in a daily newspaper circulating throughout all, or most of, the State; or

if the State Administrative Tribunal or court is hearing a proceeding under this Act —

the tribunal or court orders an alternative manner of giving the document; and

the document is given in that manner;

the document is made publicly available in the manner prescribed for this paragraph, including making the document available on a website.

If there are 2 or more park operators or 2 or more long‑stay tenants who are parties to a long‑stay agreement, the document may be given to the park operators or the tenants for the purposes of the long‑stay agreement by giving it to any one of them.