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Service of notices.
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8.—(1) Where a notice is required under this Act to be served on, or given to, a person, it shall be addressed to that person and may be served on, or given to, him in any one of the following ways—
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(a) where the notice is addressed to that person by name, by giving it to him;
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(b) by leaving the notice at the address at which that person ordinarily resides or, where an address for the service of documents has been given, at that address;
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(c) by sending the notice by post in a prepaid registered letter addressed to that person at the address at which he ordinarily resides or, where an address for the service of documents has been given, at that address;
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(d) where the address at which that person ordinarily resides cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, by—
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(i) delivering the notice to some person over the age of sixteen years residing, or employed, in the building to which the notice relates, or
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(ii) affixing the notice in a conspicuous position on or near the building to which it relates.
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(2) Where a notice is required by this Act to be served on, or given to, an owner of a building and the name of that person cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, the notice may be addressed to “the owner” without naming him.
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(3) For the purposes of this section, a company registered under the Companies Acts shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business.
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(4) Where a notice is served on, or given to, a person pursuant to subsection (1) (d) of this section, a copy of the notice shall, within two weeks thereafter, be published in at least one newspaper circulating in the area in which the person is last known to have resided.
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