Civil Debt (Procedures) Act 2015

Service of documents

5. (1) A notice required to be served on or given to a person under this Act shall be addressed to the person by name, and may be so served or given to the person in one of the following ways:

(a) by delivering it to the person;

(b) 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;

(c) by sending it by post to the address at which the person ordinarily resides or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, to the address.

(2) The service of an attachment of earnings order may be effected by leaving the order or a copy of it at the address at which the employer ordinarily resides or the employer’s place of business in the State or by sending the order or a copy of it, by registered pre-paid post, to that residence or place of business.

(3) For the purpose of this section, a company within the meaning of the Companies Acts or the Companies Act 2014 shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body of persons shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business.