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Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Matters of general application and miscellaneous matters - Miscellaneous matters - Informing and notifying under this Act

211: Meaning of notify

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“What 'notify' means: Different ways to tell someone important information”

When this law talks about notifying someone, it means telling them something important. You can do this in different ways:

You can write it down on paper and give it to the person or send it by post. You can also call them on the phone or tell them in person if the Commissioner agrees. Another way is to use electronic means like email or the internet, as long as you follow the rules in Part 4 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017. If the Commissioner agrees, you can use other ways too.

Remember, if you put something on the internet, you need to make sure the person knows it’s there. Just putting it online without telling them doesn’t count as notifying them.

If you send a notification by post, it’s considered given when it would normally be delivered.

You don’t need to get permission from someone to send them information electronically. This is true even though some other laws might say you do need permission.

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Miscellaneous matters: Informing and notifying under this Act

211Meaning of notify

  1. A requirement in this Act for a person to notify another person or for a matter to be notified is satisfied by a communication—

  2. that is printed, typewritten, or otherwise visibly represented, copied, or reproduced on paper and is given by personal delivery, post; or
    1. by telephone; or
      1. made orally in person in a manner acceptable to the Commissioner; or
        1. by an electronic means, if the person complies with Part 4 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, including by email or the Internet; or
          1. in any other manner acceptable to the Commissioner.

            1. However, it does not include a communication on the Internet, or by other means, if the person for whom the communication is intended is not directly alerted to it in some manner.

            2. A notification that is given by post is treated as having been given at the time the notification would have been delivered in the ordinary course of the post.

            3. Despite subsection (1)(d) of this section, section 6 of the Tax Administration Act 1994, and sections 220 and 224 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, the consent of a person is not required in order for information to be communicated in an electronic form.

            Notes
            • Section 211(1)(a): amended, on , by section 265(a) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2021–22, GST, and Remedial Matters) Act 2022 (2022 No 10).
            • Section 211(1)(d): amended, on , by section 265(b) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2021–22, GST, and Remedial Matters) Act 2022 (2022 No 10).
            • Section 211(1)(d): amended, on , by section 347 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).
            • Section 211(4): amended, on , by section 347 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).