Building Act 2004

394 Service of notices

• (1) Any notice or other document required to be served on, or given to, any person under this Act is sufficiently served if it is—

  • (a) delivered personally to the person; or

  • (b) delivered to the person at the person's usual or last known place of residence or business; or

  • (c) sent by fax or email to the person's fax number or email address; or

  • (d) posted in a letter addressed to the person at the person's usual or last known place of residence or business.

  (2) If a notice or other document is to be served on a body (whether incorporated or not), service on an officer of the body in accordance with subsection (1) is taken to be service on the body.

  (3) If a notice or other document is to be served on a partnership, service on any one of the partners in accordance with subsection (1) or subsection (2) is taken to be service on the partnership.

  (4) Despite subsection (1), if a notice or other document is to be served on a Crown organisation for the purposes of this Act, it may be served—

  • (a) by delivering it personally to an employee of the organisation at its head office or principal place of business; or

  • (b) by delivering it at the organisation's head office or principal place of business, including by fax; or

  • (c) in accordance with a method agreed between the informant and the organisation.

  (5) A notice or other document sent by post to a person in accordance with subsection (1)(d) must be treated as having been received by that person at the time at which the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

  Compare: 1991 No 150 s 87