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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Final and miscellaneous provisions - Miscellaneous provisions - Giving of notices

425: Giving notice to individuals

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When you need to get a notice from Customs, they can give it to you in several ways. They can deliver it to you, post it to your address, or deliver it to a document exchange box you use. They can also send it to your fax machine or by electronic means to your contact electronic address. If you are a registered user, they can send it to you through the registered user system.

You might wonder what a contact electronic address is. It is an email or other electronic address that you have given to Customs, or your last known email or electronic address. It can also be an email or electronic address that Customs has reasonable grounds to believe you will receive.

Customs can use these different methods to give you notice, as outlined in the Customs and Excise Act 2018, which you can find more information about by looking at related laws, such as s 284(4) of a previous law.

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Part 6Final and miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous provisions: Giving of notices

425Giving notice to individuals

  1. The chief executive, or a Customs officer, may give notice under this Act to an individual by—

  2. delivering it to that individual; or
    1. posting it to that individual’s address; or
      1. delivering it to a box at a document exchange that the individual is using at the time; or
        1. sending it to a fax machine used by that individual; or
          1. sending it by electronic means to the individual’s contact electronic address; or
            1. if the individual is a registered user, sending it by electronic means to the individual using the registered user system.

              1. For the purposes of this section, an individual’s contact electronic address is any of the following:

              2. an email or other electronic address that the individual has provided to Customs:
                1. the individual’s last known email or other electronic address:
                  1. an email or other electronic address of the individual that is otherwise available, if there are reasonable grounds to suppose that the individual will receive the communication.

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