(1) If notice of an interim control order cannot practicably be served on the
person to whom it relates in accordance with section 16 (1), the Court may, by
order, direct that:
(a) service of the notice of the order be postponed for a
period (not exceeding 28 days) after the period within which it is required to
be served under that subsection as specified by the Court, or
(b) instead of
personal service, such steps be taken as are specified by the Court in the
order for the purpose of bringing the interim control order to the attention
of the person.
(2) The Court must not make an order under subsection (1)
unless it is satisfied that the Commissioner has taken all reasonable steps
possible to personally serve the person within the period and as required by
section 16.
(2A) An order may be made under subsection (1) whether or not the
28-day period referred to in section 16 (1) has expired.
(3) An order of the
Court under subsection (1) (b) may direct that the notice of the
interim control order be taken to have been served on the person to whom it
relates on the happening of a specified event or on the expiry of a specified
time.
(4) If the Court is satisfied that steps specified in an order under
subsection (1) (b) have not (despite the best endeavours of the Commissioner)
brought an interim control order to the attention of the person to whom it
relates, the Court may specify that the notice of the interim control order be
published in the Gazette, a daily newspaper circulating generally in the State
or by some other form of public notification.
(5) Service in accordance with
an order of the Court under this section is taken to constitute personal
service for the purposes of sections 15 and 16 (1).
