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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 135
Service of notices
135. (1) If:
(a) a general carrier is unable, after diligent inquiry, to find out who
owns particular land; or
(b) a general carrier is unable to serve a notice under this Division on
the owner of land either personally or by post; the carrier may serve
a notice under this Division on the owner of the land by publishing a
copy of the notice in a newspaper circulating in a district in which
the land is situated and:
(c) if the land is occupied - serving a copy of the notice on the
occupier; or
(d) if the land is not occupied - attaching, if practicable, a copy of the
notice to a conspicuous part of the land.
(2) If a general carrier is unable, after diligent inquiry, to find out:
(a) whether particular land is occupied; or
(b) who occupies particular land; it may treat the land as unoccupied
land.
(3) If a general carrier is unable to serve a notice under this Division on
the occupier of land either personally or by post, the carrier may serve a
notice under this Division on the occupier by:
(a) publishing a copy of the notice in a newspaper circulating in a
district in which the land is situated; and
(b) attaching, if practicable, a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part
of the land.
(4) This section does not affect the operation of any other law of the
Commonwealth, or of any law of a State or Territory, that authorises the
service of a document otherwise than as provided in this section.
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