Serving infringement notices by electronic communication—Act, s 158
19A Serving infringement notices by electronic communication—Act, s 158
This section applies if—
an authorised person may serve an infringement notice for an offence on a person (the relevant person) under section 13 or 14 of the Act; and
the relevant person consents to being served with the infringement notice by way of the authorised person using electronic communication to send the notice to a unique electronic address nominated by the relevant person.
A consent that in substance satisfies subsection (1)(b) is sufficient for the subsection.
For section 158(1)(d) of the Act, the infringement notice may be served on the relevant person by the authorised person sending the notice by electronic communication to the unique electronic address nominated by the relevant person.
For section 158(3)(b) of the Act, the day prescribed for the method of service stated in subsection (3) is the day the authorised person sends the infringement notice to the unique electronic address.
In this section—
unique electronic address, for a person, means a fixed designation on a communication network assigned to the person for the purpose of the person receiving information.
Examples—
an email address, mobile phone number or user account
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