Derelict Sites Act, 1961

Giving of documents under this Act.

18.—(1) Where any document is required or authorised by this Act to be given by a local 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;

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

(2) For the purpose of giving, in pursuance of this Act, a document to a company registered under the Companies Acts, 1908 to 1959, the company shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office.

(3) 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 (2) 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.