Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00838:section:28a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00838
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 28A
Character Range: 68026–69142

28A  Service of documents
 (1) For the purposes of any Act that requires or permits a document to be served on a person, whether the expression "serve", "give" or "send" or any other expression is used, then the document may be served:
 (a) on a natural person:
 (i) by delivering it to the person personally; or
 (ii) by leaving it at, or by sending it by pre‑paid post to, the address of the place of residence or business of the person last known to the person serving the document; or
 (b) on a body corporate—by leaving it at, or sending it by pre‑paid post to, the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the body corporate.
Note: The Electronic Transactions Act 1999 deals with giving information in writing by means of an electronic communication.
 (2) Nothing in subsection (1):
 (a) affects the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth, or any law of a State or Territory, that authorises the service of a document otherwise than as provided in that subsection; or
 (b) affects the power of a court to authorise service of a document otherwise than as provided in that subsection.