Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland)
sec.739Service by post
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sec.739 Service by post
If a document authorised or required to be served on a person under this Law is served by post, service of the document— 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. Subsection (1) applies whether the expression ‘deliver’, ‘give’, ‘notify’, ‘send’ or ‘serve’ or another expression is used. s 739 ins 2013 No. 4 s 12 (sec.739-ssec.1) If a document authorised or required to be served on a person under this Law is served by post, service of the document— 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.739-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies 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.