Section 116 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Issue of notice

116 Issue of notice (1) A notice may be issued to a person— (a) by delivering it personally to the person; or (b) by sending it to the person— (i) by post to the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business; or (ii) by electronic transmission; or (c) by leaving it for the person at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or business with a person who appears to be 16 years or over and who appears to reside or work there; or (d) by leaving it for the person at the workplace to which the notice relates with a person who is or appears to be in charge of the workplace; or (e) in a prescribed manner. (2) Regulations may prescribe the steps a person to whom a notice is issued must take to bring it to the attention of other persons. (3) A notice posted under subsection (1)(b)(i) is to be treated as having been received on the seventh day after the date on which it was posted. Compare: 1992 No 96 ss 40 , 42 ; Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) s 209