Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983)RegulationsRegulations in terms of Conservation of Agricultural Resources ActPart III : Directions17. Manner of serving |
| (1) | A direction contained in a written notice shall be served on a land user by— |
| (a) | forwarding it by registered post to the land user; |
| (b) | delivering it to the land user personally or to his authorised representative; |
| (c) | delivering it on the land specified in the direction concerned or at the residence or place of business of the land user to some person who is apparently not younger than 16 years of age and apparently resides or is employed there; or |
| (d) | delivering it, in the case of a land user who is a juristic person, to the registered office of that juristic person. |
| (2) | When a direction is served in terms of subregulation (1)(a), the executive officer shall— |
| (a) | place the direction in an envelope addressed to the land user 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 under 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 executive officer on a copy of the direction. |
| (3) | When a direction 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 direction to indicate the manner in which, the person to whom, the place at which and the date on and approximate time at which the direction concerned was thus delivered. |
| (4) | The entries referred to in subregulation (3) shall immediately after being made, be signed by the person by whom the direction was delivered. |