59Service of notices, &c.

59 Service of notices, &c.

(1)  Where a notice, application or other document required by this Act is to be served on the Valuer-General, it may be served by leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the office of the Valuer-General or by sending it to that office by way of facsimile or any other form of electronic transmission approved by the Valuer-General.

(2)  The Valuer-General, in ascertaining an address for service, may rely on an address of a person as appears from –

(a) the valuation roll as prepared and maintained under this Act; or

(b) the Register kept under the Land Titles Act 1980 ; or

(c) [Section 59 Subsection (2) amended by No. 53 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Feb 2005] an electoral roll kept under the Electoral Act 2004 –

or on any other address as may be verified by the Valuer-General.

(3)  A notice is taken to be served on a natural person if it is –

(a) given to the person; or

(b) 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 Valuer-General; or

(c) sent by way of facsimile transmission to a person's facsimile number; or

(d) sent by any other common form of electronic transmission.

(4)  In the case of any other person, a notice is taken to be served if it is –

(a) left at or sent by post to the person's principal or registered office or principal place of business; or

(b) sent by way of facsimile transmission to the person's facsimile number; or

(c) sent by any other common form of electronic transmission.