13Service of documents

13 Service of documents

(1)  For the purposes of these regulations, an application, notice or other document is effectively lodged with, served on or given to a person if –

(a) in the case of a natural person, it is –

(i) handed 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 lodger, giver or server of the application, notice or document; or

(iii) faxed to the person's fax number; or

(iv) emailed to the person's email address; and

(b) in the case of any other person, including the Commission, it is –

(i) left at, or sent by post to, the person's principal or registered office or one of the person's places of business; or

(ii) faxed to the person's fax number; or

(iii) emailed to the person's email address.

(2)  An application, notice or document sent by post is not taken to have been lodged, served or given until the time when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

(3)  For the purposes of subregulation (1)(b)(i) , a police station or Service Tasmania shop is not taken to be an office or place of business of the Commission.