Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020

Service of declaration under section 10 or 11

14. (1) A declaration under section 10 or 11 or a true copy (within the meaning of that section) thereof shall be addressed to the person on whom it is required to be served by name, and may be so served on the person in one of the following ways:

(a) by delivering it to the person;

(b) by leaving it at the address at which the person ordinarily resides or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, at that address;

(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter to the address at which the person ordinarily resides or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, to that address; or

(d) by electronic means—

(i) in accordance with such requirements as may be specified by the Board, in the case of a declaration under section 10 or 11 , or

(ii) with the consent in writing of—

(I) the landlord, in the case of a true copy within the meaning of section 10 , or

(II) the tenant, in the case of a true copy within the meaning of section 11 .

(2) For the purpose of this section, a company within the meaning of the Companies Act 2014 shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body of persons shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business.

(3) Subsection (2) of section 6 of the Act of 2004 shall apply in relation to the service of a true copy referred to in subsection (1) subject to any necessary modifications.