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the person's last known address or place of business; or
 (c) by sending it to the person's last known email address; or
 (d) if the person is a corporation or organisation and a law of the Commonwealth or the State or Territory in which service is to be effected provides for service of a document on a corporation or organisation—by serving the document in accordance with such provision.

6.12  When service is effected
  A document served by post, fax or electronic communication is taken to have been served:
 (a) if it was posted to an address in Australia—on the day the document would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post; or
 (b) if it was posted by airmail to an address outside Australia—on the 28th day after posting; or
 (c) if the document was sent by fax—on the next business day after the document was sent; or
 (d) if the document was sent by electronic communication—on the next business day after the document was sent.

6.13  Special requirements for service by fax
 (1) A document served by fax transmission must include a cover page stating the following:
 (a) the sender's name and address;
 (b) the name of the person to be served;
 (c) the date and time of transmission;
 (d) the total number of pages, including the cover page, transmitted;
 (e) the telephone number from which the document is transmitted;
 (f) the name and telephone number of a person to contact if there is a problem with transmission;
 (g) that the transmission is for service.
 (2) An affidavit of service of a document by fax transmission must have the transmission report indicating successful transmission annexed.

Division 6.4—Substituted service and dispensing with service

6.14  Substituted service
 (1) If, for any reason, it is impracticable to serve a document in a way required under this Part, the Court may make an order dispensing with service or substituting another way of serving the document.
 (2) The Court may specify the steps to be taken for bringing the document to the attention of the person to be served.
 (3) The Court may specify that the document is to be taken to have been served on the happening of a specified event or at the end of a specified time.

6.15  Matters to be taken into account
  In making an order for dispensing with service or for substituted service, the Court may have regard to:
 (a) whether reasonable steps have been taken to attempt to serve the document; and
 (b) whether it is likely that the steps that have been taken have brought the existence and nature of the document to the attention of the person to be served; and
 (c) whether the