Western Australian Numbered Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 2009 (NO. 24 OF 2009) - SECT 483

483 .         Service of documents on co-operative

        (1)         A document may be served on a co-operative by post or by leaving it at the registered office of the co-operative with a person who appears to be 16 years of age or more.

        (2)         A document may be served on a foreign co-operative —

            (a)         by post; or

            (b)         by leaving it with a person who appears to be 16 years of age or more and is at a place where the foreign co-operative carries on business in this State; or

            (c)         by leaving it at the registered office in this State of the foreign co-operative registered under Part 14.

        (3)         For the purpose of serving a document under this section by post, the document is properly addressed if —

            (a)         in the case of a co-operative, it is addressed to the registered office of the co-operative; or

            (b)         in the case of a foreign co-operative, it is addressed to a place in this State where the foreign co-operative carries on business or to the registered office of the foreign co-operative in its place of registration, incorporation or formation.

        (4)         This section does not affect the operation of any provision of a law or of the rules of a court authorising a document to be served on a co-operative or a foreign co-operative in another way.