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PART XII
GENERAL
Division 1 — Enforcement of this Act
Service of documents on company
387. A document may be served on a company by leaving it at or sending it by
registered post to the registered office of the company.
[UK, 1948, s. 437; Aust., 1961, s. 362]
Electronic transmission of notices of meetings
387A. —(1) Where any notice of a meeting is required or permitted to be given,
sent or served under this Act or under the memorandum or articles of a company
by the company or the directors of the company to —
(a) a member of the company; or
(b) an officer or auditor of the company,
that notice may be given, sent or served using electronic communications to the
current address of that person.
[5/2004]
(2) For the purposes of this section, a notice of a meeting shall also be treated as
given or sent to, or served on a person where —
(a) the company and that person have agreed in writing that notices of meetings
required to be given to that person may instead be accessed by him on a website;
(b) the meeting is a meeting to which that agreement applies;
(c) the notice is published on the website such that it is or can be made legible;
(d) that person is notified, in a manner for the time being agreed between him and
the company for the purpose, of —
(i) the publication of the notice on that website;
(ii) the address of that website; and
(iii) the place on that website where the notice may be accessed, and how it may be
accessed; and
(e) the notice continues to be published on and remains accessible to that person
from that website throughout the period beginning with the giving of that
notification and ending with the conclusion of the meeting.
[5/2004]
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a notice of a meeting treated in accordance with
subsection (2) as given or sent to or served on any person shall be treated as so
given, sent or served at the time of the notification mentioned in subsection (2) (d).
[5/2004]
(4) A notice of a meeting given for the purposes of subsection (2) (d) shall specify
such matters or info