Statutory Rules 1984 No. 104¹

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Broadcasting and Television Regulations² (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Broadcasting and Television Act 1942.

Dated 31 May 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

M. J. DUFFY

Minister of State for Communications

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The Broadcasting and Television Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 5A the following regulation:

Service of notices

"5B. For the purposes of sub-paragraphs 133 (1) (a) (iii) and (b) (ii) of the Act, a notice under a provision of the Act may be served on or given by telegram, telex or facsimile transmission—

(a) in the case of a telegram—by properly addressing, prepaying and sending it to—

(i) if the addressee is a natural person—the address of the place of residence or business of the person last known to the person sending the telegram; or

(ii) if the addressee is a body corporate—the registered office or a principal office of the body corporate; or

(b) in the case of a telex or facsimile transmission—by transmission to the facility last known to the person sending the transmission for the receipt of such a transmission by the addressee,

and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, shall be considered to have been given at the time the telegram or transmission is received at that address, office or facility.".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 June 1984.

2. Statutory Rules 1966 No. 152 as amended by 1967 No. 167; 1968 No. 112; 1969 No. 165; 1970 Nos. 143 and 196; 1971 No. 163; 1972 No. 162; 1973 Nos. 1,90 and 225.