New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2010 - SECT 223

223 Service of notices and other documents

(1) A notice or other document that is authorised or required by this Act or the regulations or a residential tenancy agreement to be given to or served on any person may be given or served by--

(a) in the case of a natural person--

(i) delivering it to the person personally, or

(ii) delivering it personally to a person apparently of or above the age of 16 years at the person's residential or business address, or

(iii) delivering it in an envelope addressed to the person and leaving it in a mailbox at the person's residential or business address, or

(iv) sending it by post to the address specified by the person for the giving or service of documents or, if no such address is specified, the residential or business address of the person last known to the person giving or serving the document, or

(v) sending it to an email address specified by the person for the service of documents of that kind, or

(va) sending it by other electronic means to an address or location specified by the person for the service of documents of that kind, or

(vi) any other method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind, or

(b) in the case of a corporation--

(i) leaving it with a person apparently of or above the age of 16 years at, or by sending it by post to, the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the corporation or to an address specified by the corporation for the giving or service of documents, or

(ii) sending it to an email address specified by the corporation for the service of documents of that kind, or

(iia) sending it by other electronic means to an address or location specified by the corporation for the service of documents of that kind, or

(iii) any other method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind, or

(c) in the case of a Public Service agency--

(i) leaving it at, or sending it by post to, any office of the agency addressed to the agency head, or

(ii) sending it to an email address specified by the agency for the service of documents of that kind, or

(iia) sending it by other electronic means to an address or location specified by the agency for the service of documents of that kind, or

(iii) any other method authorised by the regulations for the service of documents of that kind.

(2) Nothing in this section affects the operation of any provision of a law or of the rules of a court authorising a document to be served on a person in any other manner.

(3) If there is more than one landlord or tenant under a residential tenancy agreement, a notice required to be served on a tenant or landlord under the agreement is taken to be served on all the tenants or landlords under the agreement if it is served on one of the tenants or landlords.