National Beef Assurance Scheme Act, 2000

PART IV

Miscellaneous

Service of notices.

28.—(1) A notice required or authorised to be served on or sent or given to any person under this Act (other than a body to which subsection (2) applies) may be served on or sent or given to the person—

(a) where it is addressed to the person by name, by delivering it to him or her, or in the case of a partnership by delivery to any of the partners,

(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 the person ordinarily resides, or in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, at that address for service, or

(d) where the address at which the person ordinarily resides cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry and notice is required to be served on, or given to, the person in respect of any place of work, by delivering it to a person who has attained the age of 16 years and who is resident in or employed at the place of work, or by affixing it in a conspicuous position on or near the place of work.

(2) A notice required or authorised under this Act to be served on or sent or given to a body, whether corporate or unincorporated, may be served on or sent or given to the body—

(a) by leaving it at, or sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter to, the registered office, if any, of the body,

(b) by leaving it at, or sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter to, any place at which the body conducts business,

(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter to any person who is a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body or is purporting to act in any such capacity, at the place where the person ordinarily resides, or by leaving it at that place, or

(d) by delivering it to a person who has attained the age of 16 years and who is resident in or employed at the registered office, if any, of the body or place at which the body conducts business.