Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010
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788 Service of documents
S. 788(1) (Table) amended by No. 53/2011 s. 20(1).
| Service of documents | | | | Item | A document required or permitted by this Act or the regulations to be given to... | must be given... | | 1 | a person other than—<br>(a) the Minister; or<br>(b) a corporation | (a) by delivering the document to that person personally; or<br>(b) by prepaying and posting the document as a letter addressed to that person at the person's last known place of residence or business or, if that person is carrying on business at 2 or more places, at one of those places; or<br>(c) by leaving the document at the last known place of residence of that person with some person apparently a resident of that place and apparently at least 16 years of age; or<br>(d) by leaving the document at the last known place of business of that person (or, if that person is carrying on business at 2 or more places, at one of those places) with some person apparently in the employment of that person and apparently at least 16 years of age. | | 2 | the Minister | (a) by prepaying and posting the document as a letter addressed to the Minister at the Department; or<br>(b) by leaving it at an office occupied by the Department with some person apparently employed in connection with the business of the Department and apparently at least 16 years of age. | | 3 | a corporation | (a) by prepaying and posting the document as a letter addressed to the corporation at its last known place of business or, if it is carrying on business at 2 or more places, at one of those places; or<br>(b) by leaving it at that place, or at one of those places, with some person apparently in the employment of the corporation and apparently at least 16 years of age. |
(2) If a document is given to a person by prepaying and posting the document as a letter in accordance with an item of the table, the document is taken to have been given to the person at the time at which the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.
S. 789 amended by No. 53/2011 s. 20(2).