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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Provisions relating to administration - Compliance notices

156C: Service

You could also call this:

"How inspectors give you important notices about animal welfare"

When an inspector gives you a compliance notice, they must make sure you get it. They can give it to you in person or deliver it to your home or work. They can also send it to you by fax, email, or post.

If the inspector sends the notice to your home or work, it is considered served when it would normally arrive in the mail. If the notice is for a company, serving it on an officer of the company or at their office is the same as serving the company. If the notice is for a partnership, serving it on one of the partners is the same as serving the partnership.

The inspector must follow the rules in section 185 when serving the notice, but they can use other methods too, like fax or email, as long as they follow the rules.

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Part 7Provisions relating to administration
Compliance notices

156CService

  1. An inspector who issues a compliance notice must ensure that it is served on the person to whom it is issued.

  2. Without limiting section 185, a compliance notice may be served by—

  3. delivering it personally to the person:
    1. delivering it to the person at the person's usual or last-known place of residence or business:
      1. sending it by fax or email to the person's fax number or email address:
        1. posting it in a letter addressed to the person at the person's usual or last-known place of residence or business.

          1. The following provisions apply to service as described in subsection (2):

          2. service on an officer of a body, or on the body's registered office, is deemed to be service on the body:
            1. service on any of the partners in a partnership is deemed to be service on the partnership:
              1. service by post is deemed to occur at the time at which the notice would have been delivered in the ordinary course of the post.

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                Notes
                • Section 156C: inserted, on , by section 55 of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).