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Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021
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#### 156 Date of effecting service
156 Date of effecting service
> > (1) The date on which a person is taken to have been given or served with a notice under the [Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2017](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2017-0450) or the [Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2017-0451) or a notice under the Act, section 54(2), is—
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> > > (a) if the notice is sent by mail—the fourth working day after the notice was posted, or
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> > > (b) if the notice is delivered to the person personally—the date on which it is delivered, or
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> > > (c) if the notice is sent by electronic communication to an electronic address—the date the notice is sent.
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> > (2) However, a notice sent by electronic communication is not taken to be given or served if Transport for NSW receives an automated reply, by electronic communication, indicating the delivery of the notice to the electronic address has failed.
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> > (3) If subsection (2) applies, the notice must be served—
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> > > (a) by post, or
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> > > (b) in another way.
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> > > (c) (Repealed)
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> **s 156:** Am 2025 (125), Sch 3\[2\].