53Service of notices and documents

53 Service of notices and documents

For the purposes of section 147(1)(c) of the Act, the other prescribed ways in which a person may give, serve or publish any notice or document are—

(a) by messenger or courier service; and

(b) if the person required to serve the notice or document has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the person to be served with the notice or document has suitable arrangements for its receipt, by document exchange, facsimile machine or, subject to paragraph (c), other electronic communication; and

(c) if the person required to give or serve the notice or document (the notifier) has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the person to be given or served with the notice or document (the recipient) has suitable arrangements for the receipt of electronic communications and has agreed to receive the notice or document by electronic communication in accordance with this paragraph, by—

(i) making the notice or document available on the notifier's electronic address or an electronic address appointed by the notifier for retrieval by electronic communication by the recipient; and

(ii) promptly notifying the recipient by electronic communication that the notice or document is available for retrieval on that address and the nature of the notice or document.