739Service by post

739 Service by post (1) If a document authorised or required to be served on a person under this Law is served by post, service of the document— (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. (2) Subsection (1) applies whether the expression ‘deliver’, ‘give’, ‘notify’, ‘send’ or ‘serve’ or another expression is used. 740 Fees (1) The national regulations may prescribe the fees payable for the (a) an application under this Law (whether or not another provision of this Law refers to payment of the prescribed fee for the application); (b) the issue of a work diary for the driver of a fatigue-regulated (2) The Regulator may set fees payable for the provision of a service in connection with the administration of this Law (other than fees mentioned in subsection (1)).

(3) The national regulations may provide that stated kinds of fees may be set by the Regulator for inspection services, except so far as those fees are provided for under another law of this jurisdiction. (4) A fee set by the Regulator under subsection (2) or (3) must be an amount— (a) the Regulator considers reasonable; and (b) that is no more than the reasonable cost of providing the service. (5) The Regulator must publish a fee set by the Regulator under subsection (2) or (3)— (a) in the Commonwealth Gazette; and (b) on the Regulator’s website. (6) The Regulator may waive payment of the whole or part of a fee in circumstances, or in circumstances of a kind, prescribed by the national regulations. (7) If a fee is prescribed for an application or any other matter under this Law, the decision-maker may decline to deal with the application or proceed with the other matter until the fee is paid.