Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1964

Giving of documents under this Act.

18.—(1) Where any document is required or authorised by this Act to be given by a sanitary authority to a person, the document shall be addressed to the person and shall be given to him in one of the following ways, that is to say:

(a) by delivering it to the person;

(b) by leaving it at the address at which the person ordinarily resides, or if it is a notice under section 3 of this Act, by affixing it to the dangerous structure to which it relates, or

(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter addressed to the person at the address at which he ordinarily resides.

(2) Where the owner of the place or structure to which a notice under section 2 or 3 of this Act relates cannot be ascertained or found by reasonable inquiry, the notice may be given to the owner by posting it at or near the place or structure.

(3) For the purpose of giving, in pursuance of this Act, a document to a company registered under the Companies Act, 1963 , the company shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office.

(4) For the purpose of giving, in pursuance of this Act, a document to a corporate body (other than any such company as is mentioned in subsection (3) of this section) or to an unincorporated body, the body shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business.