Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · General
63. Service of documents, etc.
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Any document (including any summons or order) required or authorised to be served under this Act may be served —
on any person by delivering it to the person, or by leaving it at, or sending it by registered post to, his or her residence;
on any firm by delivering it to any partner of the firm, or by leaving it at, or sending it by registered post to, an office of the firm; or
on the owner of any premises, the owner of any equipment or occupier of the workplace (including any such owner or occupier of the workplace being a company registered under the Companies Act 1967, a variable capital company incorporated under the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018, or a co‑operative society registered under the Co‑operative Societies Act 1979) in any such manner as aforesaid or by delivering it, or a true copy thereof, to the manager, foreman or other responsible person at the workplace.
Any such document may be addressed, for the purpose of the service thereof on the occupier of a workplace, to “the occupier of the workplace” at the proper postal address of the workplace, without further name or description.
occupier
“occupier”, in relation to any premises or part of any premises, means —(a)in the case of a factory where a certificate of registration has to be obtained in relation to the premises pursuant to any regulations — the person who is, or is required to be, the holder of the certificate;(b)in the case of a factory where a notification has to be submitted in relation to the factory pursuant to any regulations — the person who is named in the notification, or is required to submit a notification; and(c)in the case of any other premises — the person who has charge, management or control of those premises either on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person, whether or not the person is also the owner of those premises;
Subsections (1) and (2) apply, with the necessary modifications, to documents required or authorised under this Act to be sent to any person, firm, owner or occupier of the workplace, and to the sending, addressing and delivering of such documents.
owner
“owner”, in relation to any premises, means —(a)the person for the time being receiving the rents or profits for the lease of the premises, whether on the person’s own account or as agent or trustee for any other person; or(b)the person who would so receive the rents or profits if the premises were leased;