49. The Act of 2005 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 94:

“94. (1) Where the Council, a registration board, a preliminary proceedings committee, a committee of inquiry or the chief executive officer is required or authorised under this Act to notify a person (being a registrant or former registrant) of a decision or other matter concerning the person, the notification shall be sent by pre-paid post or electronically to him or her at the address stated in the register in which his or her name is or was (as the case may be) entered.

(2) Where the Council, a registration board, a preliminary proceedings committee, a committee of inquiry or the chief executive officer is required or authorised under this Act to notify a person (not being a registrant or former registrant) who has made an application under this Act of a decision or other matter concerning the application, the notification shall be sent by pre-paid post or electronically to the person at the address stated in the application.

(3) Where a notification under this Act has been sent to a person in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), the notification shall be deemed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have been duly delivered to the person on the 3rd working day after the day on which it was so sent.”.