487.This section permits the ONR to serve notices by means of electronic communications (such as by e-mail), provided the person who is to receive the notice has consented to the method of service (see subsection (2)). In order for that consent to be validly given, or willingness as it is described in the Act, it needs to satisfy the conditions in subsections (3)(a) to (d), and it may be modified or withdrawn, see subsection (3)(e).
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