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Gangs Act 2024

Dispersal notices and non-consorting orders - Dispersal notices

11: Service of dispersal notice

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"How you get a dispersal notice in person or online"

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You can get a dispersal notice in two ways. It can be given to you in person or sent to your electronic address. You must have given this address to the person issuing the notice. If you get the notice electronically, someone must have explained it to you first, as stated in section 13. This explanation is a must before the notice is sent to you. You will know what the notice means. If you do not give an electronic address, a constable can ask you to go to a Police station. There, the constable will give you the notice in person. This is how the notice will be served if you do not have an electronic address.

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Part 3Dispersal notices and non-consorting orders
Dispersal notices

11Service of dispersal notice

  1. A dispersal notice may be served by—

  2. personal service; or
    1. sending it to an electronic address supplied by the person to whom it is issued.

      1. However, a dispersal notice may only be served electronically under subsection (1)(b) if an explanation of the notice has been given under section 13 before sending the notice.

      2. If the person does not supply an electronic address for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a constable may require the person to accompany the constable to a Police station to effect personal service of the notice.