Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023

Giving of notices, etc.

19. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 22F (inserted by section 18 ):

“22G. (1) A notice that is required to be given to a person by the Commission under any of sections 22 to 22E shall be in writing and addressed to the person by name and, where the Commission has been provided with the person’s email address, may be given to the person by electronic means to that email address, provided that a record that the email has been sent to the person is made for the sender by the email system used.

(2) Where for any reason it is not possible to effect the giving of a notice by electronic means or the Commission considers it otherwise appropriate to do so, the notice may be given by sending it by registered post to—

(a) in the case of an individual—

(i) the address at which the individual ordinarily resides, or

(ii) any other address provided by the individual for the purposes of this section,

(b) in the case of a company, its registered office, or

(c) in the case of any other body corporate or unincorporated body, its principal office or place of business.

(3) In this section, ‘notice’ includes notification or any document.”.