Any notice or document required to be served in terms of this Act may be served by hand or sent by telefacsimile or registered letter addressed to the person to whom notice is to be served at that person’s registered address or telefacsimile number, as the case may be, and knowledge of the contents shall be deemed to exist-
| a) | where the notice or document was hand delivered, when it was delivered; |
| b) | where the notice was sent by telefacsimile, upon the recordal thereof by the sending station; and |
| c) | where the notice or document was posted, 21 days after it was sent, in the absence of evidence to the contrary that the person on whom it was served, acting in good faith, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond that person’s control, did not receive the notice, or did not receive the notice until a later date. |
