Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001
17Service of courtesy letter
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17 Service of courtesy letter (1) A courtesy letter may be served personally, by post, by facsimile transmission or in any other manner prescribed by the Regulations. (2) The address for service of a courtesy letter includes: (a) the address shown on the infringement notice or supplied by the person in connection with the service of the infringement notice; and (b) if the infringement notice was served on the person in his or her capacity as owner of a vehicle or was served by being left on a vehicle – the address shown in the records of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles or other government Agency as the address of the owner of the vehicle at the time the infringement notice was issued; and (c) if the infringement notice was served on the person in the capacity of having been identified as the person driving or in charge of a vehicle at the time of the alleged offence in a statutory declaration by the owner of the vehicle – the address specified in the statutory declaration; and
Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 11 (d) in the case of a corporation or government entity – the address of a place where the corporation or entity carries on business (including the business of government) and includes a registered address.