Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9A · Pollution Control Requirements for Controlled Works
33N. Use of electronic service for making applications, etc.
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The Director-General may permit —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);
an application to him or her under this Part; or
a lodgment of any document or information with him or her for the purposes of this Part,to be made through the electronic service described in section 42AA of the Building Control Act 1989.
Where a person uses the electronic service mentioned in subsection (1) to make an application to or a lodgment with the Director-General, the Director-General may serve on the person any acknowledgment, approval, certificate, direction, notice, permit or other document in connection with the application or lodgment, by sending it to the person’s account with the electronic service.
Service of a document on a person under subsection (2) takes effect at the time when an electronic record of the document reaches the person’s account with the electronic service.
This section applies despite anything to the contrary in this Act.
In this section, “electronic record” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010.