Section 29: Service of notices

29. Service of notices (1) Any notice, summons, writ or other process required to be served on the Board for the purposes of this Act may be served by sending it by registered post to the Chairperson of the Board. (2) Subject to subsection (1), a document required or authorised to be served under this Act may be served by an usher of a District Court— (a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; (b) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person; (c) in the case of a body corporate, by delivering it to the Secretary of the body corporate at its registered or principal office; or (d) where it is addressed in accordance with subsection (3) to the person on whom it is to be served by the description of “owner” or “lessee” or “occupier” of named premises to which it relates, by delivering it to some person on the premises or, where there is no person on the premises to whom it can be delivered, by affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous part of the premises. (3) A notice required by this Act to be served on the occupier, owner or lessee of any premises may, where it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain the name and address of the person on whom it is to be served, be addressed by the description of the “occupier”, “owner” or “lessee” of the premises, which shall be named, without further name or description. [S. 29 amended by Act 8 of 1999.] T13 – 15 [Issue 4] Town and Country Planning Act