5. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a notice, direction or other document that is required to be given to a person under this Act shall be in writing and addressed to the person concerned by name, and may be so given to the person in one or more than one of the following ways:

(a) by delivering it to the person;

(b) by leaving it at the address at which the person carries on business or ordinarily resides or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, at that address;

(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid letter to the address at which the person carries on business or ordinarily resides or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, to that address;

(d) by electronic means, in a case in which the person (in this paragraph referred to as “the first named person”) has given notice in writing to the person giving the notice, direction or document concerned of the first named person’s consent to the notice, direction or document (or notices, directions or documents of a class to which the notice, direction or document belongs) being given to the first named person in that manner.

(2) Where a notice, direction or document under this Act is to be given to a person who is the owner or occupier of land or property and the name of the person cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry, it may be addressed to the person by using the words “the owner” or, as the case may require, “the occupier”.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a company or a registered society, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body of persons shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business.