61   Service of documents

(1)  Any notice or other instrument issued, made or given for the purposes of this Act or the regulations may be served:

(a)  by delivering it personally to the person to whom it is addressed, or

(b)  by delivering it to the place of residence or business of the person to whom it is addressed and by leaving it there with some person apparently of or above the age of 16 years for the person to whom it is addressed, or

(c)  by post.

(2)  Any such notice or instrument addressed to the holder of a licence at the place last entered in the records of the Council as the holder’s place of residence or business is to be taken to be properly addressed for the purposes of section 76 of the Interpretation Act 1987.

(3)  A document may be served on the Council or the Complaints Committee by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to:

(a)  the office of the Council or the Committee, or

(b)  if either the Council or the Committee has more than one office—any one of its offices.

(4)  Nothing in this section affects the operation of any provision of a law or of the rules of a court authorising a document to be served on any person, the Council or the Complaints Committee in any other manner.