Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) After
section 5 the following section is inserted in Part 1 —
“
5A. Service by electronic means
(1) If under this Act
information or a document or notice must or may be given to or served on a
person, it may, with the consent of that person be given or
served —
(a) by
sending it by fax to the person using a fax number given by the person; or
(b) by
sending it by email to the person at an email address given by the person,
to the person who is
giving or serving it.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to giving or serving —
(a) any
document that under this Act must be served personally;
(b) a
final demand under section 14(2);
(c) a
certificate or information under section 16;
(d) a
document under section 21(4)(b);
(e) a
notice of withdrawal under section 22(2);
(f) any
information or a document or notice under Part 7;
(g)
subject to section 105, a warrant of execution or a warrant of commitment
issued under this Act.
(3)
Subsection (1) does not limit the operation of section 76 of the
Interpretation Act 1984 .
”.
(2) Section 3(1)
is amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical positions —
“
“give” information or a document or
notice, has a meaning affected by section 5A;
“serve” a document, has a meaning
affected by sections 5 and 5A;
”.
(3) Section 5(1)
is amended by deleting “this section.” and inserting
instead —
“ this section or in accordance with section 5A.
”.