Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931

Service of notices, etc.

49.—(1) Subject to the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts as to the service of any notice, summons, writ or other proceeding at law or otherwise on local authorities, any notice, order, or other document required or authorised to be served under those Acts may be served either—

(a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; or

(b) by leaving it at the usual or last-known place of abode of that person; or

(c) by forwarding it by post in a pre-paid registered letter addressed to that person at his usual or last-known place of abode, or in the case of an incorporated company or registered society addressed to the secretary of the company or society at the registered or principal office of the company or society; or

(d) if addressed to the “owner” or “occupier” of premises, by delivering it to some person on the premises, or if there is no person in the premises on whom it can be so served, then by affixing it to some conspicuous part of the premises

(2) Subject as aforesaid, any notice, order or other document which is by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts required or authorised to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises may be addressed to the “owner” or “occupier” of the premises (naming them) without further name or description.