Giving or serving documents
41 Giving or serving documents
A document, notice, direction or request may be given, delivered, served or lodged under this Act:
by serving it on the recipient as authorised by section 25 of the
Interpretation Act 1978; or
by sending it to the recipient's email address as an attachment to an email.
Subject to evidence to the contrary, a document, notice, direction or request sent as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is taken to be given to the recipient when it is sent to the recipient's email address.
Note for section 41
See section 25(2) to (4) of the Interpretation Act 1978 for when notices, directions or requests served as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) are taken to be served.
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