Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Notice of a decision under this Act is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have been given to a person if written notice of the decision is:
(a) delivered to the person personally; or
(b) left at the address of the place of residence or business of the person last known to the Secretary; or
(c) sent by prepaid post to the postal address of the person last known to the Secretary.
Note: Notice of decisions can also be given electronically in accordance with the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 .
(2) Notice of a decision under this Act may be given to a person by properly addressing, prepaying and posting the document as a letter.
(3) Notice of a decision that is given in accordance with subsection (2) is taken to have been given to the person when the notice would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post unless the contrary is proved.
(4) If a provision of this Act requires a notice of a decision to be given to a person, the decision is not ineffective just because the notice:
(a) was not given or was given late; or
(b) did not comply with the requirements of the provision.
(5) This section only applies to notices of decisions. Nothing in this section affects the operation of sections 28A and 29 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 in relation to other notices under this Act (for example, a notice that requires a person to inform the Secretary about some matter).