sec.39AMeaning of service by post etc.

### sec.39A Meaning of service by post etc. If an Act requires or permits a document to be served by post, service— may be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting the document as a letter; and is taken to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, unless the contrary is proved. If an Act requires or permits a document to be served by a particular postal method, the requirement or permission is taken to be satisfied if the document is posted by that method or, if that method is not available, by the equivalent, or nearest equivalent, method provided for the time being by Australia Post. Subsections (1) and (2) apply whether the expression ‘deliver’, ‘give’, ‘notify’, ‘send’ or ‘serve’ or another expression is used. s 39A ins 1991 No. 30 s 35 amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1 ; 1996 No. 76 s 3 ; 2020 No. 15 s 4 hdg prec s 40 om 1991 No. 97 s 3 sch 1 (sec.39A-ssec.1) If an Act requires or permits a document to be served by post, service— may be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting the document as a letter; and is taken to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, unless the contrary is proved. (sec.39A-ssec.2) If an Act requires or permits a document to be served by a particular postal method, the requirement or permission is taken to be satisfied if the document is posted by that method or, if that method is not available, by the equivalent, or nearest equivalent, method provided for the time being by Australia Post. (sec.39A-ssec.3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply whether the expression ‘deliver’, ‘give’, ‘notify’, ‘send’ or ‘serve’ or another expression is used. - (a) may be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting the document as a letter; and - (b) is taken to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, unless the contrary is proved.