New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAND ACQUISITION (JUST TERMS COMPENSATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 72

72 Manner of giving or serving notices or documents

(1) If a notice or other document is required to be given to or served on any person under this Act, the notice or other document may be given or served:

(a) in the case of a person other than a corporation--by delivering it to the person or by posting it to the address (if any) specified by the person for the service of documents under this Act or, if no such address is specified, by posting it to the person's usual or last known place of residence or business, or

(b) in the case of a corporation--by leaving it at the registered office of the corporation with a person apparently employed by the corporation or by posting it to the address (if any) specified by the corporation for the service of documents under this Act or, if no such address is specified, by posting it to the last known place of business of the corporation.

(2) If:

(a) an authority of the State is required or authorised under this Act to give to or serve on the owner of land a notice or other document, and

(b) the authority is unable after due inquiry to ascertain the owner's whereabouts,

the notice or other document may be given or served by displaying the notice or document in accordance with this section.

(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), a notice or document may be displayed by:

(a) placing it on a board or other structure in a conspicuous place on the land to which it relates, or

(b) publishing a copy of it in a newspaper circulating in the district in which the land is situated (whether published in print or on a website), or

(c) publishing a copy of it on a website that, in the opinion of the authority, is appropriate to cause the notice to come to the attention of persons in the district in which the land is situated.

(3) This section is subject to section 103 of the Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994 .