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appointment under subsection (1).

 (4) In making a decision on an application under this Management Plan:
 (a) AFMA may assume that a notice given under this section is properly given; and
 (b) AFMA need not verify, by other means, the authority of the agent to make the application.

36 Notices

 (1) In this section:
residential, office, postal or e‑mail address, or fax number, for the holder of a gear SFR, means the holder's residential, office, postal or e‑mail address, or fax number, stated in the Register.
notice means a notice that is required, or allowed, by this Management Plan to be given in writing.
working day, in a place, means a day that is not:
 (a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or
 (b) a public holiday in the place.

 (2) A notice to the holder of a gear SFR is taken to be given to the holder if it is:
 (a) delivered to the holder's residential or office address; or
 (b) posted to the holder's postal address; or
 (c) sent by fax to the holder's fax number; or
 (d) sent by e‑mail to the holder's e‑mail address.

 (3) A notice to AFMA must be addressed to the Manager, Licensing and Quota Management, Australian Fisheries Management Authority, and:
 (a) delivered to the reception desk at:
           Level 6
           73 Northbourne Avenue
           Canberra ACT; or
 (b) posted to:
           Box 7051
           Canberra Business Centre
           ACT 2610; or
 (c) sent by fax (from within Australia) to:
           (02) 6225 5426; or
 (d) sent by fax (from outside Australia) to:
           612 6225 5426; or
 (e) sent by e‑mail to:
           licensing@afma.gov.au; or
 (f) delivered, posted or sent by fax or e‑mail to another office address, postal address, fax number or e‑mail address notified by AFMA by notice published in the Gazette and a newspaper circulating in the State or Territory in which the address or fax receiver is located.

 (4) A notice given to the holder of a gear SFR, or to AFMA, under this section is taken to have been given to the holder, or AFMA:
 (a) for a notice delivered to a residential or office address — on the day when the notice is delivered; and
 (b) for a notice that is sent by fax or e‑mail:
 (i) on a working day between 9 am and 4 pm — 1 hour after the notice is sent; and
 (ii) otherwise — at 9 am on the next working day after the day when the notice is sent.

Note   Under subsection 160 (1) of the Evidence Act 1995, it is presumed (unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is adduced) that a postal article sent by pre‑paid post addressed to a person at a specified address