Housing of The Working Classes Act, 1890

Service of notices.

49. [1] —(1) Where the owner of any dwelling-house and his residence or place of business are known to the local authority, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the local authority, if the residence or place of business is within the district of such local authority, to serve any notice by this part of this Act required to be served on the owner, by giving it to him, or for him, to some inmate of his residence or place of business within the district; and in any other case it shall be the duty of the clerk of the local authority to serve the notice by post in a registered letter addressed to the owner at his residence or place of business.

(2) Where the owner of the dwelling-house or his residence or place of business is not known to, and ofter diligent inquiry cannot be found by the local authority, then the clerk of the local authority may serve the notice by leaving it, addressed to the owner, with some occupier of the dwelling-house, or if there be not an occupier, then by causing it to be put up on some conspicuous part of the dwelling-house.

(3) Notice served upon the agent of the owner shall be deemed notice to the owner.

[1 Amended as to E., by 3 Edw. 7 c. 39, s. 13 (1).]