(1) The Tribunal may,
in proceedings on an application for an order under section 166, 167 or 168,
make either or both of the following orders —
(a) an
order that public notice, by advertisement or otherwise, be given of the
proceedings;
(b) an
order that service of notice of the application upon any person be dispensed
with.
(2) Except as
authorised by the rules of the Tribunal, the Tribunal must not make an order
referred to in subsection (1)(b) in respect of a person unless the Tribunal is
satisfied that —
(a) that
person cannot be found in Western Australia; or
(b) it
is uncertain whether that person is living; or
(c)
service cannot be effected on that person without expense disproportional to
the value, if any, of the person’s interest.
[Section 170, formerly section 124, amended: No.
58 of 1995 s. 82 and 93(1); amended, renumbered as section 170 and relocated:
No. 30 of 2018 s. 75 and 84.]
[Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 83.]
[Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 83.]