Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742:clause:3_54
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00742
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 54
Character Range: 1556267–1557702

54  Service of notices
 (1) If:
 (a) a carrier is unable, after diligent inquiry, to find out who owns particular land; or
 (b) a carrier is unable to serve a notice under this Part on the owner of land either personally or by post;
the carrier may serve a notice under this Part on the owner of the land by publishing a copy of the notice in a newspaper circulating in a district in which the land is situated and:
 (c) if the land is occupied—serving a copy of the notice on the occupier; or
 (d) if the land is not occupied—attaching, if practicable, a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part of the land.
 (2) If a carrier is unable, after diligent inquiry, to find out:
 (a) whether particular land is occupied; or
 (b) who occupies particular land;
the carrier may treat the land as unoccupied land.
 (3) If a carrier is unable to serve a notice under this Part on the occupier of land either personally or by post, the carrier may serve a notice under this Part on the occupier by:
 (a) publishing a copy of the notice in a newspaper circulating in a district in which the land is situated; and
 (b) attaching, if practicable, a copy of the notice to a conspicuous part of the land.
 (4) This clause does not affect the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth, or of any law of a State or Territory, that authorises the service of a document otherwise than as provided in this clause.

Part 2—Transitional provisions