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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II ADMINISTRATION OF ACT

Part III NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURE RESERVES

Part IV PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF TREES AND PLANTS

Division 1 — Tree conservation areas

Division 2 — Heritage road green buffers

Division 3 — Approvals, reinstatement notices and evidence

Part V PLANTING AREAS, PUBLIC OPEN SPACES AND GREEN VERGES

Division 1 — Planting areas and streetscapes

Division 2 — Open spaces set aside as public parks

Division 3 — Green verges

Division 4 — Specifications and approvals

Part VI PREVENTION OF DANGERS

Part VII POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT

Part VIII OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEEDINGS

Part IX GENERAL

THE SCHEDULE Areas Designated As National Parks and Nature Reserves

Legislative Source Key

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 21/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 21/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 21/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 02/01/2011.
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Service of documents
59.
—(1)  Any notice or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on any person, and any summons issued by a court against any person in connection with any offence under this Act may be served on the person —
(a)
by delivering it to the person or to some adult member or employee of his family or household at his usual or last known place of residence;
(b)
by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence or business in an envelope addressed to the person;
(c)
by sending it by registered post addressed to the person at his usual or last known place of residence or business; or
(d)
in the case of an incorporated company, a partnership or a body of persons —
(i)
by delivering it to the secretary or other like officer of the company, partnership or body of persons at its registered office or principal place of business; or
(ii)
by sending it by registered post addressed to the company, partnership or body of persons at its registered office or principal place of business.
(2)  Any notice, document or summons sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be duly served on the person at the time when the notice, document or summons, as the case may be, would in the ordinary course of post be delivered and, in proving service of the notice, document or summons, it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the same was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.
(3)  Any notice or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises or any summons issued by a court against any such owner or occupier in connection with any offence under this Act may be served by delivering it or a true copy thereof to some adult person on the premises or, if there is no such person on the premises to whom it can with reasonable diligence be delivered, by affixing the notice, document or summons to some conspicuous part of the premises.
(4)  Any notice or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises or any summons issued by a court against any such owner or occupier in connection with any offence under this Act shall be deemed to be properly addressed if addressed by the description of the owner or occupier of the premises without further name or description.
(5)  Notwithstanding subsection (1), a notice required or authorised by this Act to be served on the owner of any vehicle may be served by addressing the notice to the owner of that vehicle without stating his name or address and may also be served personally or by affixing the notice to the vehicle.
[Parks and Trees 1996 Ed., s. 14; National Parks 1997 Ed., s. 31]