# Serving production notices

> act-s268BC — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

268BC Serving production notices
          (1) The Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner must give
              a production notice to an individual:
                (a) by delivering it to the individual personally; or
                (b) by:
                      (i) leaving it at the address of the individual’s place of
                          residence or business last known to the Secretary or
                          Australian Border Force Commissioner; and
                     (ii) taking reasonably practicable action to draw the
                          individual’s attention to the notice; or
                (c) by sending it by ordinary or any other class of pre-paid post
                    to the individual’s place of residence or business last known
                    to the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner.
          (2) However, if the Secretary or Australian Border Force
              Commissioner uses the method in paragraph (1)(c), the time
              mentioned in paragraph 268BB(1)(c) must be at least 14 days after
              the notice is given (instead of at least 24 hours or 72 hours).
               Note:      Section 29 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 sets out when the notice
                          is taken to have been given if the notice is posted to the individual.