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Fisheries Act 1996

Miscellaneous provisions - Provisions relating to notices

306: Giving of notices, etc

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"How to give people important notices or documents"

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You can give notices or documents to people in several ways. You can give them personally or send them by registered post to their workplace or home. You can also give them to someone who is allowed to act on their behalf. You can send notices by post to the person's workplace or home. You can also send them electronically, but not for some notices related to offences. When you send something electronically, it means you send information using a computer or phone. If you send a notice by post, it is considered given after 7 days, unless the person can prove they did not receive it.

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Part 16Miscellaneous provisions
Provisions relating to notices

306Giving of notices, etc

  1. Except as otherwise specified in this Act, if under this Act any notice or other document is to be given, served on, or furnished to any person, that notice or other document may be—

  2. given to the person personally; or
    1. sent by registered post to the person at the person's usual or last known place of business or abode; or
      1. given personally to any other person authorised to act on behalf of the person; or
        1. sent by registered post to that other person at that other person's usual or last known place of business or abode; or
          1. except in the case of any notice or document to be given or served in the course of or for the purpose of any proceedings for an offence against this Act, sent by post to the person, or any other person authorised to act on the person's behalf, at that person's or other person's usual or last known place of business or abode; or
            1. except in the case of any notice or document to be given or served in the course of or for the purpose of any proceedings for an offence against this Act, sent by electronic transmission to the person, or any other person authorised to act on the person's behalf, at that person's or other person's usual or last known address; and, for the purposes of this paragraph,—
              1. the term electronic transmission means any transmission of information sent electronically; and includes any transmission sent by facsimile, electronic mail, or electronic data transfer:
                1. the term address means a facsimile number or an electronic mail address.

                2. Any notice or other document so sent by post or registered post shall be deemed to have been given, served, or received 7 days after the date on which it was posted, unless the person to whom it was posted proves that, otherwise than through that person's fault, the notice or document was not received.

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