PART 6

GENERAL

Sending documents
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1
Where a notice, direction or other document is required or authorised by this Act to be sent or given to a person, the document may be sent or given—
a
by handing it to the person or, in the case of a person who is a body corporate, handing it to the secretary or clerk of the body at its registered or principal office;
b
by leaving it at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or, if the person has given an address for service, at that address;
c
by sending it by post in a pre-paid letter—
i
addressed to the person at the person’s usual or last known place of residence, or, in the case of a person who is a body corporate, addressed to the secretary or clerk of the body at its registered or principal office, or
ii
if the person has given an address for service, addressed to the person at that address;
d
if the person has given an address for service using electronic communications, by sending it to the person at that address using an electronic communication which complies with the conditions in subsection (2).
2
The conditions are that the document is—
a
capable of being accessed by the person to whom it is sent,
b
legible in all material respects, and
c
capable of being used for subsequent reference.