Town and Country Planning Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · General
53. Service of documents
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Without prejudice to subsection (2), any notice or other documents required or authorised to be served or given under this Act, and every summons issued by a court in connection with any offence under this Act, may be served or given —
by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or to whom it is to be given;
by leaving it at the usual or last known place of residence of that person, or, in a case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address;
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by sending it by registered post addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of residence, or in the case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address.
Where the notice or document is required to be served on or given to a person who is the occupier of any premises comprised in any land, the notice or document shall be taken to be duly served on that person if it is addressed to that person and is affixed conspicuously to some object on the land.
occupier
“occupier” includes any person in actual occupation of land or premises or any person having the charge, management or control of the land or premises either on his own account or as an agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
Any notice, document or summons sent by registered post to a person in accordance with subsection (1) is deemed to be duly served on or given to that person at the time when it would, in the ordinary course of post, be delivered and in proving service of the same it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice, document or summons was properly addressed to that person stamped and posted by registered post.
Terms defined in s 2
land
Defined · s 2“land” includes buildings, land covered by water and any estate or interest in or right over land;
occupier
Defined · s 2“occupier” includes any person in actual occupation of land or premises or any person having the charge, management or control of the land or premises either on his own account or as an agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;