Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 58 of 1977 - SECT 3

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by inserting in sub-section (1), after the definition of ''Registrar'',
the following definition:-

'' 'senior non-presidential member' means a non-presidential member declared
by the Governor-General in accordance with sub-section 6 (4) or (5) to be a
senior non-presidential member;''; and

   (b)  by adding at the end of the section the following sub-section:-

''(4) A document or statement that is required by this Act to be furnished to
a person or a notice or other notification that is required by this Act to be
served on or given to a person may be posted to the person by a pre-paid
letter-

   (a)  where the person has furnished an address at which documents in
        relation to the proceeding may be served- to that address; or

   (b)  where no such address has been furnished-

        (i)    in the case of a person not being a company-to the address of
               his place of residence or business last known to the person
               posting the document, statement or notice or other
               notification; or

        (ii)   in the case of a company-to the address of the registered
               office of the company,

and, if a document, statement or notice or other notification is so posted,
then, for the purposes of this Act, the document or statement shall be deemed
to be furnished, or the notice or other notification shall be deemed to be
served or given, as the case may be, at the time when the document, statement
or notice or other notification is so posted.''.