Section 352 — Resource Management Act 1991: Service of documents

352 Service of documents (1) Where a notice or other document is to be served on a person for the purposes of this Act, it may be served— (a) By delivering it personally to the person (other than a Minister of the Crown); or (b) By delivering it at the usual or last known place of residence or business of the person, including by facsimile; or (c) By sending it by pre-paid post addressed to the person at the usual or last known place of residence or business of the person; or (ca) Where the person has specified as an address for service a Post Office box address, a document exchange box number, or a facsimile number,— (i) By posting the document to that Post Office box address; or (ii) By leaving the document at a document exchange for direction to the document exchange box number; or (iii) By transmitting the document to that facsimile number; or (d) By serving it in such other manner as the Environment Court may, on application made to it, direct. (2) Where a notice or other document is to be served on a Minister of the Crown for the purposes of this Act, service on the chief executive of the appropriate Department of the Public Service in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be service on the Minister. (3) Where a notice or other document is to be served on a body (whether incorporated or not) for the purposes of this Act, service on an officer of the body, or on the registered office of the body, in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be service on the body. (4) Where a notice or other document is to be served on a partnership for the purposes of this Act, service on any one of the partners in accordance with subsections (1) and (3) shall be deemed to be service on the partnership. (5) Where a notice or other document is sent by post to a person in accordance with subsection (1)(c) or (ca) , it shall be deemed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to be received by the person at the time at which the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of the post. Subsection (1)(ca) was inserted, as from 7 July 1993, by section 157(1) Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65). The words “ Environment Court ” in subsection (1)(d) were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Tribunal ” pursuant to section 6(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160). Subsection (5) was amended, as from 7 July 1993, by section 157(2) Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65) by inserting the expression “ or (ca) ” .