International Protection Act 2026
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Service of documents | ||
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4. (1) A notice or other document that is required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on or given to a person shall be addressed to the person concerned by name, and may be so served on or given to the person in one of the following ways: | ||
(a) by delivering it to the person; | ||
(b) by leaving it at the address most recently furnished by him or her to the Minister under section 65 (2)(b) or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, at that address; | ||
(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter, or by any other form of recorded delivery service prescribed by the Minister, addressed to the person at the address most recently furnished by him or her to the Minister under section 65 (2)(b) or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, at that address; | ||
(d) by sending it to the person by electronic means in accordance with subsection (2). | ||
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), a notice or other document shall be sent to a person— | ||
(a) to the email address most recently furnished by him or her to the Minister under section 65 (2)(b), or, in a case in which an email address for service has been furnished, to that email address, or | ||
(b) in a case in which the person is registered on an electronic interface, by sending a notification— | ||
(i) to the email address most recently furnished by him or her to the Minister under section 65 (2)(b), or, in a case in which an email address for service has been furnished, to that email address, or | ||
(ii) to the telephone number most recently furnished by him or her to the Minister under section 65 (2)(b), or, in a case in which a telephone number for service has been furnished, to that telephone number, | ||
informing the person that the notice or document has been left on the electronic interface. | ||
(3) Where a notice or other document referred to in subsection (1) has been sent to a person in accordance with— | ||
(a) paragraph (c) of that subsection, the notice or other document shall be deemed to have been duly served on or given to the person on the third working day after the day on which it was so sent, and | ||
(b) paragraph (d) of that subsection, the notice or other document shall be deemed to have been duly served on or given to the person when the sender’s facility for the delivery of notices or other documents by electronic means generates a message or other record confirming the delivery of the notice or other document by the electronic means used. | ||
(4) In this section, “electronic interface” means a secure information technology platform, portal, exchange network or other similar interface maintained by, or on behalf of, the Minister which requires personal log-in details. |