Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the Minister gives a document to a person by one of the methods specified in section 494B (including in a case covered by section 494A).
Giving by hand
(2) If the Minister gives a document to a person by the method in subsection 494B(2) (which involves handing the document to the person), the person is taken to have received the document when it is handed to the person.
Handing to a person at last residential or business address
(3) If the Minister gives a document to a person by the method in subsection 494B(3) (which involves handing the document to another person at a residential or business address), the person is taken to have received the document when it is handed to the other person.
Dispatch by prepaid post or by other prepaid means
(4) If the Minister gives a document to a person by the method in subsection 494B(4) (which involves dispatching the document by prepaid post or by other prepaid means), the person is taken to have received the document:
(a) if the document was dispatched from a place in Australia to an address in Australia--7 working days (in the place of that address) after the date of the document; or
(b) in any other case--21 days after the date of the document.
Transmission by fax, email or other electronic means
(5) If the Minister gives a document to a person by the method in subsection 494B(5) (which involves transmitting the document by fax, email or other electronic means), the person is taken to have received the document at the end of the day on which the document is transmitted.
Making document available by way of online account
(6) If the Minister gives a document to a person by the method in subsection 494B(5A) (which involves making the document available by way of an online account), the person is taken to have received the document at the end of the day on which it is made available.
Document not given effectively
(7) If:
(a) the Minister purports to give a document to a person in accordance with a method (the relevant method ) specified in section 494B (including in a case covered by section 494A) but makes an error in doing so; and
(b) the person nonetheless receives the document or a copy of it;
then, despite the error:
(c) the document is taken to have been given in accordance with the relevant method; and
(d) the person is taken to have received the document:
(i) at the time mentioned in this section for the relevant method; or
(ii) if the person can show that the person received the document at a later time--at that later time.