For the purpose of this Act, a notice or other document is taken to be given—
(a) in the case of a notice or other document given personally—on the date it bears or on the date it is received by the addressee, whichever is the later; or
(b) in the case of a notice or other document sent by post—on the date it bears or the date when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post, whichever is the later; or
(c) in the case of a notice or other document sent by facsimile or some other form of electronic communication—at the time of receipt in accordance with section 13 of the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 .