Farm Debt Mediation Regulations

4 (1) An administrator shall, where required by the Act or these Regulations to notify or inform a farmer or a farmer’s creditor of anything, notify or inform them in person or by means of telephone, priority post, courier service or, subject to subsection (3), facsimile or electronic mail.

(2) A farmer or a farmer’s creditor is deemed to be notified or informed by an administrator at any of the following times:

• (a) on the day they are so notified or informed in person or personally by telephone by the administrator;

• (b) on the next business day after the day on which the notice or information is sent by facsimile or electronic mail; or

• (c) on the second business day after the day on which the notice or information is sent by priority post or a courier service to their residence or place of business.

(3) A farmer may be notified or informed by an administrator by means of facsimile or electronic mail only if they have indicated in writing to the administrator that they will accept information in this manner.