Part 2Consent and conditions regime
Enforcement: Giving, providing, or serving notices or documents
55AProof that documents given, provided, or served
If a document is given, provided, or served by sending it by prepaid post, then, unless the contrary is shown, the document is given, provided, or served when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post, and, in proving that the document was given, provided, or served, it is sufficient to prove that the letter concerned was properly addressed and posted.
If a document is given, provided, or served by sending it in electronic form, then, unless the contrary is shown, the document is given, provided, or served at the time that the electronic communication first enters an information system that is outside the control of the document's originator, and, in proving that the document was given, provided, or served, it is sufficient to prove that the document concerned was properly addressed and sent.
In this section, information system means a system for producing, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, or otherwise processing electronic communications.
Notes
- Section 55A: inserted, on , by section 45 of the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 25).