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Building Act 2004

Regulation of building practitioners - Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners - Powers and procedure of Board on disciplinary matters

324: Service of summons

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“A summons is a special letter that tells someone they need to come to a meeting, and there are different ways to give it to them.”

You can receive a summons in two ways. Someone can give it to you in person, or they can send it to you by post to your usual home address.

If someone gives you the summons in person, they must do this at least 48 hours before you need to attend.

If they send the summons by post, they must send it at least 10 days before you need to attend.

When a summons is sent by post, it’s considered to be served (delivered to you) when it would normally arrive if sent by regular post.

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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Powers and procedure of Board on disciplinary matters

324Service of summons

  1. A summons may be served—

  2. by delivering it personally to the person summoned; or
    1. by posting it to the person summoned at that person's usual place of residence.

      1. A summons must,—

      2. if it is to be served under subsection (1)(a), be served at least 48 hours before the attendance of the witness is required:
        1. if it is to be served under subsection (1)(b), be served at least 10 days before the attendance of the witness is required.

          1. A summons that is posted is treated as having been served when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

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