Animal Diseases Act, 1984 (Act No. 35 of 1984)Regulations28. Serving of documents |
| (1) | A written notification in terms of section 14 or 15(4) of the Act, and an order refer to in section 15 (1) of the Act shall be served by— |
| (a) | forwarding it by registered post to the person concerned; |
| (b) | delivering it to the person concerned personally or to his authorised representative; |
| (c) | delivering it at the regular or most recently known residence or place of business of the person concerned, to some person who is apparently not younger than 16 years of age and apparently resides or is employed there; or |
| (d) | in the case of a juristic person, delivering it at the registered office of that juristic person. |
| (2) | When such notification or order is served in terms of subregulation (1)(a) the director shall— |
| (a) | place the direction in an envelope addressed to the person concerned at his last known postal address and forward it by pre-paid registered post; and |
| (b) | at the time of registration thereof make application to be provided with an acknowledgement by the addressee of the receipt thereof as provided in regulation 44 (5) of the Post Regulations published by Government Notice R. 550 of 14 April 1960: Provided that— |
| (i) | a receipt form completed as provided in regulation 44 (8) of the said regulations shall be sufficient acknowledgement of receipt for the purposes hereof; and |
| (ii) | if no such acknowledgement is received, this fact shall be recorded by the director on a copy of the notification or order concerned. |
| (3) | When a notification or order has been served in terms of subregulation (1)(b), (c) or (d), the person by whom it was delivered shall immediately after delivery thereof, make an entry on a copy of that notification or order to indicate the manner in which, the person to whom, the place at which, and the date on and approximate time at which it was thus delivered. |
| (4) | The entries referred to in subregulation (3) shall immediately after being made, be signed by the person by whom the notification or order was delivered. |
| (5) | If the same land or animals are owned by two or more responsible persons, a notification or order referred to in subregulation (1) may be served to any one of them. |