Land Acquisition Act 1993
81Service of notices and other documents
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81 Service of notices and other documents
(1) A notice or other document is effectively served under this Act if –
(a) in the case of a natural person, it is –
(i) given to the person; or
(ii) left at, or sent by post to, the person's postal or residential address or place or address of business or employment last known to the person required by this Act to serve the notice or other document; or
(iia) [Section 81 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 19, Applied:01 Jan 2022] sent electronically to, and received at, an electronic address that has been indicated by the person, in electronic or other correspondence to the person sending or giving the notice or other document, to be the electronic address to which a notice, or other document, may be served, or given, electronically, whether or not the person has consented to the sending or giving of any notices, or such notices, under this Act, to that address; or
(iii) sent by way of facsimile to the person's facsimile number; and
(b) in the case of any other person, it is –
(i) left at, or sent by post to, the person's principal or registered office or principal place of business; or
(ia) [Section 81 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 19, Applied:01 Jan 2022] sent electronically to, and received at, an electronic address that has been indicated by the person, in electronic or other correspondence to the person sending or giving the notice or other document, to be the electronic address to which a notice, or other document, may be served, or given, electronically, whether or not the person has consented to the sending or giving of any notices, or such notices, under this Act, to that address; or
(ii) sent by way of facsimile to the person's facsimile number.
(2) A notice or other document required or permitted by this Act to be served on or given to –
(a) the Crown or the Minister, may be served or given by –