Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A notice or other document required by this Act to be given or served by a holder of, or applicant for the grant of, a mining tenement to an owner of land shall be duly given or served if—
(a) it is served personally upon the owner; or
(b) it is sent by registered post to the place of residence or business of the owner last known to the holder or applicant.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (1), a direction, notice, order or other document required or authorised by this Act to be given or served upon any person by the Minister, Land Court, tribunal, mining registrar, deputy mining registrar, field officer or any other officer authorised under this Act or person shall be duly given or served if—
(a) it is served personally upon the person to whom it is directed; or
(b) it is left at the place of residence or business of the person to whom it is directed last known to the person who gives or serves it; or
(c) it is sent by registered post to the place of residence or business of the person to whom it is directed last known to the person who gives or serves it.
(3) Where this Act in respect of a matter requires or authorises a person's name and address to be specified then for the purpose of service of any direction, notice, order or other document in respect of that matter the last address of that person recorded in the register in respect of that matter shall be deemed to be the person's place of residence or business last known to the person so giving or serving.
(4) Where this Act in respect of a matter requires or authorises the name and address for service of a person upon whom any notice may be served on behalf of another person or other persons to be specified, then service upon the person so specified shall be deemed to be service upon the other person or other persons.
(5) In this section—
registered post means a type of post that requires the recipient's signature as proof of receipt.