(1) A document authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on a person may be served in any of the following ways—
(a) for service on an individual—
(i) by personal delivery to the individual, or
(ii) by post to—
(A) the address specified by the individual for service of documents generally or documents of that kind, or
(B) if the individual has not specified an address for service—the residential or business address of the individual last known to the person serving the document, or
(iii) if the individual’s address for service includes a document exchange address in New South Wales—by leaving a copy of the document, addressed to the individual, at the document exchange in accordance with the usual arrangements for the exchange, or
(iv) by leaving a copy of the document, addressed to the individual—
(A) at the address specified by the individual for service of documents generally or documents of that kind, or
(B) if the individual has not specified an address for service—at the residential or business address of the individual last known to the person serving the document, or
(v) if the individual has consented, whether explicitly or impliedly, to service of documents generally or documents of that kind by means of electronic communication—by means of electronic communication, or
Examples of impliedly consenting to service of documents by means of electronic communication—
previously using email to correspond with the EPA or including the individual’s email address on applications made, or other documents given, to the EPA
(vi) in another way authorised by the regulations for the service of documents generally or documents of that kind,
(b) for service on another person—
(i) by post to—
(A) the address specified by the person for service of documents generally or documents of that kind, or
(B) if the person has not specified an address for service—the business address of the person last known to the person serving the document, or
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(ii) if the person’s address for service includes a document exchange address in New South Wales—by leaving a copy of the document, addressed to the person, at the document exchange in accordance with the usual arrangements for the exchange, or
(iii) by leaving a copy of the document, addressed to the person—
(A) at the address specified by the person for service of documents generally or documents of that kind, or
(B) if the person has not specified an address for service—at the business address of the person last known to the person serving the document, or
(iv) if the person has consented, whether explicitly or impliedly, to service of documents generally or documents of that kind by means of electronic communication—by means of electronic communication, or
Examples of impliedly consenting to service of documents by means of electronic communication—
previously using email to correspond with the EPA or including the person’s email address on applications made, or other documents given, to the EPA
(v) in another way authorised by the regulations for the service of documents generally or documents of that kind.
(2) Also, a document authorised or required by this Act or the regulations to be served on a person that relates to a vehicle may be served by placing the document on the vehicle in a conspicuous position.
(3) A person must not remove a document referred to in subsection (2) that relates to a contravention of this Act or the regulations from a vehicle before the matters causing the contravention have been remedied, unless it is necessary to remove the document to remedy the matters.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—100 penalty units, or
(b) otherwise—500 penalty units.
(4) Nothing in this section affects the operation of another law, including the rules of a court, authorising a document to be served on a person in another way.