Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT (No. 1) 1982 No. 26, 1982 - SECT 6

6. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "Deputy President" and
substituting the following definition:



"'Deputy President' means a member appointed as a Deputy
President of the Tribunal after the commencement of Part III
of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 
1982 ;";

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (a) of the definition of "Judge" in
        sub-section (1) "or of a court of a State";

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "member" and
        substituting the following definition:



"'member' means a presidential member, a senior member, or any other member of
the Tribunal;";

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "presidential
        member" and substituting the following definition:



"'presidential member' means the President, a member who is a Judge or a
Deputy President;";

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "senior
        non-presidential member" and substituting the following definition:



"'senior member' means a senior member of the Tribunal;"; and

   (f)  by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(4) For the purposes of a reference in this Act to the furnishing to a person
of a document or statement, or the service on or giving to a person of a
notice or other notification -

   (a)  a document or statement shall be deemed to be furnished to a person,
        or a notice or other notification shall be deemed to be served on or
        given to a person, as the case may be, if it is posted to the person
        by a pre-paid letter -

        (i)    where the document, statement or notice or other notification
               relates to a proceeding and the person has furnished an address
               at which documents in relation to the proceeding may be served
               - to that address; or

        (ii)   where sub-paragraph (i) does not apply -

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

                (B)  in the case of a company - to the address of the
                     registered office of the company; and

   (b)  a document or statement so posted shall be deemed to have been
        furnished, and a notice or other notification so posted shall be
        deemed to have been served or given, unless the contrary is proved, at
        the time when the document, statement or notice or other notification
        would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.".