This section applies where this Act requires or authorises a person to—
notify a person of something, or
give a document to a person (including a notice or a copy of a document).
The notification or document may be given to a person—
by delivering it to the person,
by leaving it at, or posting it to, one of the places mentioned in subsection (3), or
if the conditions in subsection (4) are complied with, by sending it to the person in electronic form.
The places are—
the person's last known residence or place of business,
any place specified by the person as a place where the person may be given notifications or documents, or
if the notification or document is given to a person in that person's capacity as a contract-holder, the dwelling subject to the occupation contract.
A notification or document may be given to a person by sending it in an electronic form if it complies with the conditions in, and any conditions under, section 236(4) and—
the person has indicated a willingness to receive the notification or document electronically,
the text is received by the person in legible form, and
the text is capable of being used for subsequent reference.
The notification or document may be given to a body corporate by being given to the secretary or clerk of that body.
A notification or document given to a person by leaving it at any of the places mentioned in subsection (3) is to be treated as having been given at the time at which it was left at that place.