# When a person other than the Secretary is taken to have received a document from the ART

> act-s379C — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

379C When a person other than the Secretary is taken to have
        received a document from the ART
          (1) This section applies if the ART gives a document to a person other
              than the Secretary by one of the methods specified in section 379A
              (including in a case covered by section 379AA).

               Giving by hand
          (2) If the ART gives a document to a person by the method in
              subsection 379A(2) (which involves handing the document to the









               person), the person is taken to have received the document when it
               is handed to the person.

               Handing to a person at last residential or business address
          (3) If the ART gives a document to a person by the method in
              subsection 379A(3) (which involves handing the document to
              another person at a residential or business address), the person is
              taken to have received the document when it is handed to the other
              person.

               Dispatch by prepaid post or by other prepaid means
          (4) If the ART gives a document to a person by the method in
              subsection 379A(4) (which involves dispatching the document by
              prepaid post or by other prepaid means), the person is taken to
              have received the document:
                (a) if the document was dispatched from a place in Australia to
                     an address in Australia—7 working days (in the place of that
                     address) after the date of the document; or
                (b) in any other case—21 days after the date of the document.

               Transmission by fax, email or other electronic means
          (5) If the ART gives a document to a person by the method in
              subsection 379A(5) (which involves transmitting the document by
              fax, email or other electronic means), the person is taken to have
              received the document at the end of the day on which the document
              is transmitted.

               Document not given effectively
          (7) If:
                (a) the ART purports to give a document to a person in
                    accordance with a method specified in section 379A
                    (including in a case covered by section 379AA) but makes an
                    error in doing so; and
                (b) the person nonetheless receives the document or a copy of it;









               then the person is taken to have received the document at the times
               mentioned in this section as if the ART had given the document to
               the person without making an error in doing so, unless the person
               can show that he or she received it at a later time, in which case,
               the person is taken to have received it at that time.