New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID COMMISSION ACT 1979 - SECT 71

71 Notices

(1) Where, under this Act, notice in writing is required to be given to a person by the Commission, the notice may be given:

(a) in the case of a person other than a corporation:

(i) by delivering it to the person, or

(ii) by delivering it, or by sending it by prepaid post, addressed to the person at the address, if any, specified by the person for the giving of notices under this Act, or, where no such address is specified, at the person’s usual place of abode or the person’s place of business, being the usual place of abode or place of business last known to the Commission, or

(b) in the case of a corporation:

(i) by leaving it at the place of business, or registered office, of the corporation with a person apparently in the service of the corporation and apparently not less than 16 years of age, or

(ii) by delivering it, or by sending it by prepaid post, addressed to the corporation at the address, if any, specified by the corporation for the giving of notices under this Act, or, where no such address is specified, at the registered office of the corporation or its place of business last known to the Commission.

(2) Notice shall, in respect of a notice sent by prepaid post in accordance with subsection (1) (a) (ii) or (b) (ii), be deemed to have been given at the time at which the notice would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.