Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00190:section:17:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00190
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 35947–38174

concerned by any means and receipt of the transmission is acknowledged by a person on board the ship.
 (7) A person authorized in writing by the Authority for the purposes of this section may go on board a ship for the purpose of serving a direction under this Act on a person on board the ship.

Service of directions on persons other than the owner, master or salvor of a ship
 (8) A direction under this Act to a person other than:
 (a) the owner of a ship; or
 (b) the master of a ship; or
 (c) the salvor in possession of a ship;
is to be served on the person in accordance with subsection (9) or (10) and, for the purposes of section 19, is taken to have been issued to the person:
 (d) if paragraph (9)(d) applies—at the time when it is served on the person in accordance with section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; or
 (e) if paragraph (9)(e) applies—at the time of receipt of the electronic communication (see section 14 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999); or
 (f) if paragraph (10)(d) applies—at the time when it is served on the person in accordance with that paragraph; or
 (g) if paragraph (10)(e) applies—at the time of receipt of the electronic communication (see section 14 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999).
Note: See also section 29 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 (9) Service of a direction under this Act on a person other than:
 (a) the owner of a ship; or
 (b) the master of a ship; or
 (c) the salvor in possession of a ship;
may, in a case where the person is an individual or a body corporate, be effected:
 (d) in accordance with section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; or
 (e) by sending the contents of the direction to the person by means of an electronic communication.
 (10) Service of a direction under this Act on a person other than:
 (a) the owner of a ship; or
 (b) the master of a ship; or
 (c) the salvor in possession of a ship;
may, in a case where the person is a body politic, be effected:
 (d) by leaving it at, or sending it by pre‑paid post to, an office of a department or agency of the body politic; or
 (e) by sending the contents of the direction to the person, or to a representative of the person, by means of an electronic communication.