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FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS (EXCESS OF JURISDICTION) ACT 1984 - SECT 17

Service of notice of orders

    Where the Attorney - General makes an order under this Act that is directed to a particular person, the Attorney - General shall:

  (a)   except in a case to which paragraph   ( b) applies, cause to be sent to the person by registered post addressed to the person:

  (i)   in the case of a natural person--at his or her last known address in Australia ; or

  (ii)   in the case of a body corporate--at the registered office of the body corporate, or the principal place of business of the body corporate, in Australia;

    a copy of the order ; or

  (b)   if the person, being a natural person, does not have an address in Australia, or being a body corporate, does not have a registered office or principal place of business in Australia, cause such steps to be taken as are, in the opinion of the Attorney - General, reasonable and practicable, to bring to the attention of the person the content of the order .



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