135Service of notices

##### 135 Service of notices (1) If: (a) a carrier is unable, after diligent inquiry, to find out who owns particular land; or (b) a carrier is unable to serve a notice under this Division on the owner of land either personally or by post; the carrier may serve a notice under this Division on the owner of the land by publishing a copy of the notice in a newspaper circulating in a district in which the land is situated and: (c) if the land is occupied—serving a copy of the notice on the occupier; or (d) if the land is not occupied—attaching, if practicable, a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part of the land. (2) If a carrier is unable, after diligent inquiry, to find out: (a) whether particular land is occupied; or (b) who occupies particular land; it may treat the land as unoccupied land. (3) If a carrier is unable to serve a notice under this Division on the occupier of land either personally or by post, the carrier may serve a notice under this Division on the occupier by: (a) publishing a copy of the notice in a newspaper circulating in a district in which the land is situated; and (b) attaching, if practicable, a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part of the land. (4) This section does not affect the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth, or of any law of a State or Territory, that authorises the service of a document otherwise than as provided in this section.