Time of service of documents (s. 113(4))
23 Time of service of documents (s. 113(4))
The time when a document that is authorised or required by or under the Act to be given to a person is taken to have been given is as follows —
in the case of a document delivered to the person personally — when the document is accepted by the person or, if the person refuses to accept the document, when the document is put down in the person’s presence and the person is informed of the nature of the document;
in the case of a document left for the person at the person’s ordinary place of business — when the document is left at the premises concerned with a person who appears to work there;
in the case of a document sent by post to the person’s ordinary place of business — when the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post unless a different time of actual delivery is established;
in the case of a document sent to a person by email or any other form of electronic communication — when the electronic communication is taken to be received by the person in accordance with the Electronic Transactions Act 2011 section 14;
in the case of a document given by uploading it to a lock‑box as provided for under regulation 22 — when the document is uploaded to the lock‑box.
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