New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

29 Method of service

• (1) Service of a document may be effected by—

  • (a) delivering it to the person personally; or

  • (b) addressing the document for service at the address for service and—

    • (i) leaving the document at that address; or

    • (ii) sending the document by registered post to that address; or

    • (iii) sending the document by electronic means if all parties agree; or

  • (c) any other manner directed by the Disciplinary Tribunal.

  (2) If no address for service is given, the address for service is the address of the person's last known place of abode or business in New Zealand.

  (3) Where service is not effected personally or at the address for service, proof that the document was so addressed and left or so posted is, unless the contrary is shown, proof of service.

  (4) Where service is effected by registered post, service is deemed to have been effected, unless the contrary is shown, at the time the document would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

  (5) In this regulation, document includes any notice.

  (6) This regulation does not apply to the service of a witness summons under regulation 26.

  Compare: SR 1984/224 r 31