National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998)Chapter 17 : General and Transitional ProvisionsPart 2 : Powers and authorisations162. Service of documents |
| (1) | Any notice, directive or other document in terms of this Act, must be served— |
| (a) | if it is to be served on a natural person— |
| (i) | by hand delivery to that person; |
| (ii) | by hand delivery to a responsible individual at that person's business or residential address; |
| (iii) | by sending it by registered mail to that person's business or residential address; or |
| (iv) | where that person's business and residential address is unknown, despite reasonable enquiry, by publishing it once in the Gazette and once in a local newspaper circulating in the area of that person's last known residential or business address; or |
| (b) | if it is intended for a juristic person— |
| (i) | by hand delivery to a responsible individual at the registered address or principal place of business of that juristic person; |
| (ii) | by sending it by facsimile to the registered address or principal place of business of that juristic person; |
| (iii) | by sending it by registered mail to the registered address or principal place of business of that juristic person; |
| (iv) | by conspicuously attaching it to the main entrance of the registered address or the principal place of business of that juristic person; or |
| (v) | by hand delivery to any member of that juristic person's board of directors or governing body. |
| (2) | Any notice, directive or other document served according to subsection (1) is considered to have come to the notice of the person, unless the contrary is proved. |