New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRICES REGULATION ACT 1948 - SECT 53

53 Manner in which notice in writing may be given

(1) A notice in writing for the purposes of this Act may be given:

(a) to any person, by delivering it by hand or by sending it by post in a letter addressed to that person at his or her last known or usual place of abode or place of business,

(b) to any body or association of persons, by delivering it by hand to the secretary or other proper officer of the body or association, or by sending it by post in a letter addressed to him or her at the last known or usual place of business of the body or association, or

(c) to persons generally or persons included in a class of persons or to persons in any area by publication of the notice in the Gazette.

(2) In any prosecution for an offence against this Act a certificate under the hand of the Chairperson that a document annexed to the certificate is a true copy of a letter or notice sent by or on behalf of the Tribunal to the defendant shall be prima facie evidence of the matters certified to and that the original letter or notice of which the document purports to be a copy was received by the defendant on or about the time at which it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post if it had been posted on the date borne by the document, and that the signature on the certificate is the signature of the Chairperson.