20.4 Dealing with Funds on termination or suspension
(a) On termination of this Agreement, or for the duration of any suspension of dealings with the Funds, the Recipient must only deal with the Funds in accordance with the directions of the Department and must cease all other dealings with the Funds. The directions of the Department may be given at any time after the termination or during any period of suspension. If the Department does not provide any directions the Recipient must not deal with the Funds.
(b) The Department may end the suspension of dealings with the Funds by written notice to the Recipient, subject to such preconditions (including variations to this Agreement) which the Department may require.
(c) The Department will not be obliged to pay any part of the Funds to the Recipient during any period of suspension of dealings with the Funds or, subject to clause 19.3, after the termination of this Agreement.
20.5 Deemed termination for convenience
If a purported termination for cause by the Department under clauses 19.1 or 19.2 is determined by a competent authority not to be properly a termination for cause, then that termination by the Department will be deemed to be a termination for convenience under clause 19.3, which termination has effect from the date of the notice of termination referred to in clause 19.1 or 19.2 (as the case may be), and the Recipient's sole rights in such circumstances will be only those set out in clause 19.3.
21. Notices and other communications
21.1 Service of notices
A party giving notice or notifying under this Agreement must do so in English and in writing or by Electronic Communication:
(a) directed to the other party’s contact person at the other party’s address (as set out in the Agreement Details and as varied by any notice); and
(b) hand delivered or sent by prepaid post or Electronic Communication to that address.
21.2 Effective on receipt
A notice given in accordance with clause 20.1 takes effect when it is taken to be received (or at a later time specified in it), and is taken to be received:
(a) if hand delivered, on delivery;
(b) if sent by prepaid post, on the second Business Day after the date of posting (or on the seventh Business Day after the date of posting if posted to or from a place outside Australia); or
(c) if sent by Electronic Communication, at the time that would be the time of receipt under the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth),
but if the delivery, receipt or transmission is not on a Business Day or is after 5.00pm on a Business Day, the notice is taken to be received at 9.00am on the next Business Day.