Investor Compensation Act, 1998

Service of notices.

3.—(1) Where a notice, direction or other document is authorised or required by or under this Act or regulations made thereunder to be served on a person, it shall, unless otherwise specified in this Act, be addressed to the person by name and shall be served on or given to the person in one of the following ways—

(a) by delivering it to the person, or 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,

(b) by sending it by ordinary prepaid post addressed to the person 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, or

(c) in the case of an officer or employee of an investment firm, by sending it to the person by ordinary pre-paid post addressed to the person at the address of the principal office of that investment firm.

(2) A notice, direction or other document referred to in subsection (1) may—

(a) in the case of an investment firm or any body corporate, be served on the secretary or other employee or officer of that investment firm or body corporate,

(b) in the case of a partnership, be served on any partner, or

(c) in the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, be served on any member of its governing body.