15BService of notice of valuation

15B Service of notice of valuation (1) A notice of valuation may be served on a person— (a) personally; or (b) by leaving it at the last known address of the person (including, in the case of a body corporate, the registered office or a business address of the body corporate); or (c) by post addressed to the person at the last known address of the person (including, in the case of a body corporate, the registered office or a business address of the body corporate); or (d) if the person has given an electronic address as an available means of service, by electronic communication to that electronic address; or **Examples** The following are examples of an electronic address— • an email address; • a secure Internet site that the person can access to obtain a notice of valuation; • a facsimile number; • a mobile phone number. (e) by a prescribed means. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a notice of valuation must be taken, unless the contrary is proved, to have been served on a person— (a) in the case of delivery in person—at the time the notice is delivered; or (b) in the case of posting—7 business days after the day on which the notice was posted; or (c) in the case where the rating authority or the Commissioner makes the notice available for access or retrieval by the person from or through an Internet site—at the time the rating authority or the Commissioner notifies the person by electronic communication that the notice is available to be accessed or retrieved; or (d) in the case of any other form of electronic communication—at the time that communication is received; or **Examples** An email or facsimile is taken to be served on a person at the time the email or facsimile is received by the person—see section 13A of the **Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000** in relation to the time of receipt of an electronic communication. (e) in the case of a prescribed means of service—at the prescribed time. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), notification is taken to have been given to a person by a rating authority or the Commissioner at the time the electronic communication of the notification is received by the person. New Pt 3 Div. 3 (Heading) inserted by No. 52/1998 s. 309