Section 359 — Property Law Act 2007: Manner of giving or serving notices

359 Manner of giving or serving notices (1) A notice, cross-notice, or other document is given to, or served on, an individual person (including an individual person referred to in section 355 ) when it is, either in New Zealand or elsewhere,— (a) delivered by registered post to that person or that person’s agent; or (b) received by that person in accordance with section 360 . (2) In this section,— agent , in relation to a person to whom an envelope or package is to be delivered ( person A ), means a person who has actual or ostensible authority to take delivery, on person A’s behalf, of an envelope or package— (a) directed to person A by name; and (b) purporting to contain a document registered post includes any service that— (a) provides a system of recorded delivery; and (b) is similar in nature to a registered post service provided by a person registered as a postal operator under the Postal Services Act 1998 . Compare: 1952 No 51 s 152 ; 1987 No 74 s 2(1)