Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 158

158 Service of document

(1) A document may be served under this Act—

(a) as provided for under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , part 10 ; or

(b) if a person gives SPER or the registrar a unique electronic address for the person—by using electronic communication to send the document to the address; or

(c) if a person consents to SPER using a unique electronic address for serving a document to the person—by using electronic communication to send the document to the address; or

(d) in another way prescribed by regulation.

(2) Also, in addition to being able to send a document to a person by post as provided for under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , part 10 , the registrar may send the document by post to another address for the person known to the registrar.

(3) A document is taken to have been served on a person—

(a) for a document served by using electronic communication—

(i) on the day the communication is sent to the person; or

(ii) if the communication is sent after 5pm—on the following business day; or

(b) for a document served in a way prescribed by regulation—the day prescribed by regulation for the method of service.

Note—

For the time of giving a document by post, see the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 39A (1) (b) .

(4) In this section—

"communication network" means a network—

(a) capable of electronic communication; and

(b) designed to enable a user of the network to communicate with a specific person or a group of people.

Examples—

a telephone network or computer network

"unique electronic address" , for a person, means a fixed designation on a communication network assigned to the person for the purpose of the person receiving information.

Examples—

an email address, mobile phone number or user account