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#### 198 Notices and other documents to be written in other languages
198 Notices and other documents to be written in other languages
> > (1) If—
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> > > (a) the Secretary is required, by or under this Act, to cause a notice or other instrument to be given to a person, and
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> > > (b) it appears to the Secretary that the person is not literate in the English language but is literate in another language,
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> > the Secretary must, in so far as it is reasonably practicable, cause the notice or other instrument to be written in the other language.
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> > (2) The notice or other instrument must be written in such a form that there is a reasonable expectation that its contents will be understood by the person to whom it is given.
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> > (3) Failure to comply with subsection (1) does not invalidate any thing done under any other provision of this Act.