Clause 15

in subsection (1)(a)(iv), delete “or” at the end; (b)in subsection (1)(a)(v), insert “or” at the end; (c)in subsection (1)(a), after sub‑paragraph (v), insert —“(vi)by sending it by email to the individual’s last email address;”;

in subsection (1)(b)(ii), delete “or” at the end;

in subsection (1)(b)(iii), replace “and” at the end with “or”;

in subsection (1)(b), after sub‑paragraph (iii), insert —“(iv)by sending it by email to the partnership’s last email address; and”;

in subsection (1)(c)(ii), delete “or” at the end;

in subsection (1)(c)(iii), replace the full‑stop at the end with “; or”;

in subsection (1)(c), after sub‑paragraph (iii), insert —“(iv)by sending it by email to the last email address of the body corporate.”; (j)in subsection (2)(a), delete “and” at the end; (k)in subsection (2)(b), replace the full‑stop at the end with “; and”;

in subsection (2), after paragraph (b), insert —“(c)sent by email, it is deemed to have been duly served on the person to whom it is addressed at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person to whom it is sent.”;

after subsection (2), insert —“(2A) However, service of any notice or document under this Act on a person by email may be effected only with the person’s prior written consent to service in that way.”; and

replace subsection (5) with —“(5) In this section —“body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership;“last email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person serving the notice or document as the email address for the service of notices or documents under this Act.”.