264How notices or documents may be given

264 How notices or documents may be given

(1) Subject to this section, a notice or other document that is required to be given to a person under this Act may be given to that person by any of the following methods—

(a) by delivering it personally to the person;

(b) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of business of the person with a person over the age of 16 years and apparently residing at that place or (in the case of a place of business) apparently in charge of or employed at that place;

(c) by sending it by post, addressed to the person at the usual or last known place of residence or business of that person;

(d) if the person has given an alternative address—by sending it by post to that address;

(e) if the person has given an electronic address as an address for receiving notices or other documents—by sending it by electronic communication to that electronic address.

(2) If a person (the first person) is required under this Act to give notice to an owner or occupier of land that relates to that land or to another person in relation to particular land and the first person does not know the location of the owner or occupier or that other person after making reasonable efforts to locate the owner or occupier or that other person, the first person may give notice to that owner or occupier of the land or that other person by—

(a) publishing a copy of the notice, in a newspaper circulating generally throughout Victoria; and

(b) affixing the notice in a prominent place on the land to which it relates; and

(c) including in the notice sufficient information to identify the owner or occupier or that other person (either individually or as part of a group or class).

(3) If, under this Act, the person required be given a notice or other document is a Minister, public authority or committee of management under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, the notice or other document—

(a) may be given to a person authorised by that Minister, public authority or committee to receive the notice or document on behalf of that Minister, public authority or committee of management; or

(b) may be left at the principal office of that Minister, public authority or committee.

(4) A notice that is required to be given to an owner or occupier of land under this Act may be addressed by the description of "the owner" or "the occupier" of the land (naming it) in respect of which the notice is given, without further name or description.