Section 61 — FIRE SERVICES ACT 1988

(a)

by delivering the notice or document to the person; or

(b)

by delivering the notice or document—

(i)

at the person’s usual or last known abode or place of business, to his servant or an adult member of his family; or

(ii)

at the body’s registered office or usual or last known place of business, to its servant or agent;

or

(c)

by leaving the notice or document in a cover addressed to the person or body—

(i)

at the person’s usual or last known abode or place of business; or

(ii)

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(d)

by sending the notice or document by prepaid registered post to the person or body—

(i)

at the person’s usual or last known abode or place of business; or

(ii)

at the body’s registered office or usual or last known place of business.

(2)

If the name or the address of any owner or occupier of premises on whom any such notice or other document as aforesaid is to be served cannot after reasonable inquiry be ascertained by the person seeking to serve it, the notice or document may be served by addressing it to the person on whom it is to be served by the description of “owner” or “occupier” of the premises

(describing them) to which the notice or document relates, and by delivering it to some responsible person resident or appearing to be resident on the premises, or, if there is no such person to whom it can be delivered, by affixing it or a copy of it to some conspicuous part of the premises.

(3)

A notice or document served by prepaid registered post under paragraph (1)(d) shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the notice or document would be delivered in the ordinary course of post; and it shall be sufficient proof of service that the letter was properly addressed in accordance with that paragraph and placed in the post; but where the letter is returned through the post undelivered, the notice or document shall not be deemed to have been served.

(4)

In this section, “body” includes a body corporate or partnership.

Duty to inform upon an outbreak of fire 61a. Upon an outbreak of fire on any premises, vehicle or vessel, the owner of the premises, vehicle or vessel, or the occupier or the person having the overall management of the premises, shall immediately inform the outbreak of a fire to the nearest fire station.

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