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National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002)

Chapter 12 : General and Transitional Provisions

59. Service of documents

 

(1) Any notice, directive or other document in terms of this Act, must be served—
(a) if it is to be served on a natural person—
(i) by hand delivery to that natural person;
(ii) by hand delivery to a responsible person at that natural person’s business or residential address;
(iii) by registered mail to that natural person’s business or residential address; or
(iv) where that natural person’s business and residential addresses are unknown, despite reasonable enquiry, by publishing it once in the Gazette and once in a local newspaper circulating in the area of that natural person’s last known residential or business address; or
(b) is intended for a juristic person—
(i) by hand delivery to a responsible person at the registered address or principal place of business of that juristic person;
(ii) by facsimile to the registered address or principal place of business of that juristic person;
(iii) by registered mail to the registered address or principal place of business of that juristic person;
(iv) by conspicuously attaching it to the main entrance of the registered address or the principal place of business of that juristic person; or
(v) by hand delivery to any member of that juristic person's board of directors or governing body.

 

(2) Any notice, directive or other document served according to subsection (1) is considered to have been received by that natural or juristic person, unless the contrary is proved.