Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007 (118 of 2007)

Schedule 3   Miscellaneous amendments

Part 1   Amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

36   After section 224

Insert:

224A Notice of decisions under Part 8

(1) If a notice of a decision of an officer under Part 8 is:

(a) left at the address of the place of business of a child care service last known to the Secretary; or

(b) sent by prepaid post to the address of a child care service last known to the Secretary; or

(c) sent by email to the last known email address of the child care service;

notice of the decision is taken, for the purposes of the family assistance law, to have been given to the service.

(2) Notice of a decision of an officer under Part 8 may be given to a service by properly addressing, prepaying and posting the document as a letter.

(3) If notice of a decision is given in accordance with subsection (2), notice of the decision is taken to have been given to the service at the time at which the notice would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post, unless the contrary is proved.