Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017
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157 Service (1) A notice, direction or request under this Act may be given: (a) by serving it on the recipient as authorised by section 25 of the Interpretation Act 1978; or (b) by sending it to the recipient's email address as an attachment to an email.
Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017 120 (2) If it is impracticable to give a notice, direction or request as mentioned in subsection (1), or the ICAC becomes aware that a notice, direction or request so given has not come to the attention of the recipient, the ICAC may authorise it to be given in another manner. Example for subsection (2) The ICAC could authorise a notice, direction or request to be given to a recipient via a social media account operated by the recipient. (3) Subject to evidence to the contrary, a notice, direction or request sent as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is taken to be given to the recipient when it is sent to the recipient's email address. Note for section 157 See section 25(2) to (4) of the Interpretation Act 1978 for when notices, directions or requests served as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) are taken to be served.