Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A written notice
to an accused under section 13A(3) shall be —
(a)
given to the accused personally; or
(b) sent
to the accused by post to the accused’s address appearing in the records
of the court; or
(c)
provided to the accused by electronic means in accordance with the
regulations.
(2) A person who
gives, sends or provides a notice in accordance with subsection (1) shall
endorse on a file copy of the notice a certificate showing —
(a) that
the person has done so; and
(b) the
time of doing so.
(3) If a notice is
sent by post under subsection (1)(b), the notice is to be presumed, unless the
contrary is shown, to have been received at the time when, in the ordinary
course of events, it would have been delivered.
(4) In any proceedings
—
(a) a
document purporting to be a copy of a notice referred to in subsection (1) is
evidence of the terms of the notice; and
(b) an
endorsement on a copy of a notice referred to in subsection (2) purporting to
be a certificate referred to in that subsection is evidence of the matters
appearing in the certificate without proof of the signature of the person who
made the endorsement.
[Section 13B inserted: No. 6 of 2008 s. 14;
amended: No. 20 of 2013 s. 25; No. 34 of 2020 s. 82.]