51Service of notices by Secretary

51 Service of notices by Secretary

(1)  If, under this Act, a notice or other document is required to be or may be given or served by the Secretary, that notice may be given to or served on –

(a) a natural person –

(i) by delivering it to the person personally; or

(ii) by leaving it at his or her place of residence last known to the Secretary with a person who apparently resides there or, if the person is a licensee, by leaving it at the establishment to which the licence relates with a person apparently employed at the establishment (if in either case the person is apparently 16 years of age or more); or

(iii) by sending it by post addressed to the person at that place of residence or that establishment; or

(b) a corporation –

(i) by delivering it to a person who is apparently engaged in the control or management of the corporation; or

(ii) by leaving it at the registered office of the corporation with a person who is apparently employed at that office or, if the corporation is a licensee, by leaving it at the establishment to which the licence relates with a person who is apparently employed at the establishment (if in either case the person is apparently 16 years of age or more); or

(iii) by sending it by post addressed to the corporation at that registered office or that establishment.

(2)  A notice or other document that is sent by post in accordance with subsection (1) must, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be taken to have been given or served when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.