Article 21 Notices and other documents—general provisions

Any notice, application, appeal or request required or authorised by the Measure or these rules to be served, sent, given or made, and for which no form is provided in the Appendix, shall be in writing.

Any document required or authorised by the Measure or these rules to be served on or sent or given to any person may be served, sent or given and shall be deemed to be duly served, sent or given by delivering the document to him, or by leaving it at his proper address, or by properly addressing, pre-paying and posting a letter containing the document, and unless the contrary is proved service, sending or giving by post in accordance with this paragraph (and, if applicable, paragraph (3) of this rule) shall be deemed to be effected at the time at which the letter containing the document would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

Any document required or authorised by the Measure or these rules to be served on or sent or given to any corporation or unincorporated body having a secretary or clerk shall be duly served, sent or given if it is served on or sent or given to that secretary or clerk, and for the purposes of this rule the proper address of the secretary or clerk of a corporation or unincorporated body shall be the address of the principal office of that corporation or body.

For the purposes of these Rules, any reference to service of a document shall be construed as including a reference to giving or sending the document in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this rule.