Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 220

220. (1) A document may be served on a company by leaving it at, or by sending
it by post to, the registered office of the company.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the situation of the registered office
of a company:

   (a)  in a case to which neither paragraph (b) nor paragraph (c)
        applies-shall be deemed to be the place notice of the address of which
        has been lodged under subsection 218 (1);

   (b)  if only one notice of a change in the situation of the registered
        office has been lodged under subsection 218 (3)-shall, on and from:

        (i)    the day that is 7 days after the day on which the notice was
               lodged; or

        (ii)   the day that is specified in the notice as the day from which
               the change is to take effect;
whichever is later, be deemed to be the place the address of which is
specified in the notice; or

   (c)  if 2 or more notices of a change in the situation of the registered
        office have been lodged under subsection 218 (3)-shall, on and from:

        (i)    the day that is 7 days after the day on which the later or
               latest of those notices was lodged; or

        (ii)   the day that is specified in the later or latest of those
               notices as the day from which the change is to take effect;
whichever is later, be deemed to be the place the address of which is
specified in the relevant notice; and shall be so deemed to be that place
irrespective of whether the address of a different place is shown as the
address of the registered office of the company in a return or other document
(not being a notice under subsection 218 (3)) lodged after the notice referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b), or the later or latest of the notices referred to
in paragraph (c), was lodged.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the situation of the registered office
of a Division 2 company shall, unless and until a notice is lodged in relation
to the company under section 218, be deemed to be the place that was,
immediately before the company's registration day, deemed, for the purposes of
a law corresponding to subsection (1) of this section, to be the situation of
the company's registered office within the meaning of that law.

(4) Without limiting the operation of subsection (1), a document may be served
on a company by delivering a copy of the document personally to each of 2
directors of the company who reside in Australia or an external Territory.

(5) Where a liquidator of a company has been appointed, a document may be
served on the company by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the last
address of the office of the liquidator notice of which has been lodged.

(6) Where an official manager of a company has been appointed, a document may
be served on the company by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the
last address of the office of the official manager notice of which has been
lodged.

(7) Nothing in this section affects:

   (a)  the power of the Court to authorise a document to be served on a
        company in a manner not provided for by this section; or

   (b)  the operation of an Australian law authorising a document to be served
        on a company in a manner not provided for by this section.