S.L. 546.1 Art. 14Methods of service.

(1) Where the regulatory authority exercises its powers pursuant to these regulations, its decision shall forthwith be served on the public sector body and the person to whom the decision is addressed, which decision shall be served either personally, by registered post to the person’s last known business or private address, or by electronic means that provide a reliable record of when service took place.

(2) In the case of service by electronic means, the decision shall be deemed to have been served upon each person to whom the decision is addressed when the regulatory authority has received:

(a) an electronic receipt automatically generated by the e-mail server when the communication is read;

(b) a written confirmation by return electronic mail from the person to whom the decision is addressed; or

(c) a verbal confirmation from the person to whom the decision is addressed that the electronic mail was received.

(3) If service is not effected within a week of issuing the decision, because the person to whom the decision refers could not be found or for any other reason attributable to the person to whom the decision is addressed, the regulatory authority shall publish a notice in the Gazette and in one or more daily newspapers, stating that a decision has been taken in respect of the person to whom the decision is addressed and inviting him to collect the decision from the regulatory authority’s office. In any such case, service shall be deemed to have been effected on the third day after the date of publication of the last notice.