s 37 Service of documents
37.—(1) Where this Act authorises or requires a document to be served on a person, whether the expression “serve”, “lodge”, “provide” or “submit” or any other expression is used, the document must be served on the person —(a) by delivering it to the person personally; (b) by leaving it during normal business hours at the person’s usual place of business; (c) by sending it by post or fax to the person’s usual or last known place of business; (d) by sending it by email to the person’s email address; or (e) by sending it by any other electronic method authorised by regulations made under section 41(1) for the service of documents of that kind if the person consents to service of a document of that kind in that way.[47/2018] (2) Service of a document on a person under this section takes effect —(a) if the document is sent to the person’s usual or last known place of business under subsection (1)(c) — when the document is received at that place; (b) if the document is sent by email — at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person; or (c) if the document is sent by any other electronic method mentioned in subsection (1)(e) — at the time that the electronic communication transmitting the document becomes capable of being retrieved by the person.[47/2018] (3) In this section, “email address” means —(a) the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person serving the document as the email address for the service of documents; or (b) the last email address of the addressee concerned known to the person serving the document.[47/2018] (4) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not limit or exclude, the provisions of any other law with respect to the service of documents.