Fire Safety Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
54. Service of notices etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on any person is deemed to be sufficiently served —
by delivering it to the person or to some adult member of his family or household at his last known place of residence;
by delivering it at his usual or last known place of residence or business in an envelope addressed to that person;
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by sending it by registered post addressed to the person at his usual or last known place of residence or place of business; or
in the case of an incorporated company, a partnership or a body of persons —
by delivering it to the secretary or other like officer of the company, partnership or body of persons at its registered office or principal place of business; or
by sending it by registered post addressed to the company, partnership or body of persons at its registered office or principal place of business.
Any notice, order or document sent by registered post to any person in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to be duly served on the person at the time when the notice, order or document, as the case may be, would in the ordinary course of post be delivered and, in proving service of the notice, order or document, it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the same was properly addressed, stamped and posted by registered post.
A notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises is deemed to be properly addressed if addressed by the description of the “owner” or “occupier” of the premises without further name or description.
occupier
“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises or having the charge, management or control thereof and, in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
Any notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises may be served by delivering the notice, order or document, or a true copy thereof, to some adult person on the premises or, if there is no such person on the premises to whom the notice, order or document can with reasonable diligence be delivered, by affixing it to some conspicuous part of the premises.
premises
“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;
Terms defined in this Act
member
Defined · s 2“member” means a person who is either a senior officer, a subordinate officer, or of the rank and file of the Fire and Rescue;
occupier
Defined · s 2“occupier”, in relation to any premises, means the person in occupation of the premises or having the charge, management or control thereof and, in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
place
Defined · s 36“place” includes houses, yards and open spaces appurtenant thereto, buildings and footways and any underground space;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built or not, whether public or private, and whether or not maintained under statutory authority;