7.— (1) Subject to subsection (3), a notice or notification required to be given to a person by the Commission by or under this Part, shall be addressed to the person by name and shall be given to the person in one of the following ways—

(a) by delivering it to the person,

(b) by leaving it at the address at which the person ordinarily resides or carries on business,

(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter addressed to the person at the address at which he or she ordinarily resides or carries on business,

(d) if an address for the service of notices or notifications has been furnished by the person, by leaving it at, or sending it by prepaid registered post addressed to the person to, that address,

(e) where there is a facility for receiving a copy of the notice or notification by electronic mail or a facsimile of the notice or notification by electronic means at the address at which the person ordinarily resides or carries on business, by sending a copy of the notice or notification by electronic mail or a facsimile of the notice or notification by such means to that address, provided that the notice is also served or given in any of the other ways referred to in this subsection other than this paragraph.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a company registered under the Companies Acts shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a notification made by the Commission under—

(a) section 16(8),

(b) section 20(1)(b) or (2)(b), or

(c) section 32(4)(b) or (9).