Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Act 2019

Amendment of section 79 of Principal Act

14. Section 79 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “address;” for “address; or”,

(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “address;” for “address.”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (c):

“(d) by electronic means, in a case in which the person has given notice in writing to the person serving or giving the notice or document concerned of his or her consent to the notice or document (or notices or documents of a class to which the notice or document belongs) being served on, or given or issued to, him or her in that manner; or

(e) through a document exchange service, in a case in which the person has given notice in writing to the person serving or giving the notice or document concerned of his or her consent to the notice or document (or notices or documents of a class to which the notice or document belongs) being served on, or given or issued to, him or her in that manner.”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(3) In this section, ‘document exchange service’ means provision of means, including the supply of premises specifically for that purpose and transportation by a third party, allowing self-delivery by mutual exchange of postal packets between persons subscribing to the service.”.