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Provisions as to notices and statements. 5.(1) Anything which, in accordance with any of the preceding provisions of this Act, may be done by an employed person by notice in writing given to his employer may be done by such a notice given either by the employed person himself or by a person authorised by him to act on his behalf; and anything which, in accordance with section 3(3), may be done by agreement in writing may be done by such an agreement made by the employer either with the employed person himself or with a person so authorised. (2) Any such notice as is mentioned in subsection (1), whether given by or on behalf of an employed person, (a)may be given by being delivered to the employer, or sent by post addressed to him at the place of business where that person is employed, or (b)if arrangements in that behalf have been made by the employer, may be given by being delivered to a person designated by the employer in pursuance of the arrangements, or left for such person at a place so designated, or sent by post to such a person at an address so designated. (3) Any notice or statement which by any provision of this Act is authorised or required to be given by an employer to an employed person may be given by being delivered to the employed person, or left for him at his usual or last known place of residence, or sent by post addressed to him at that place. (4) For the purposes of this Act section 24(1) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (which provides that the service of a document authorised or required to be sent by post may be effected by sending the document by registered post) shall have effect as if the word "registering" were omitted therefrom. (5) Any notice or statement which, in accordance with any provision of section 24 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 or any provision of this section, is left for a person at a place or address referred to in those provisions shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been received by him on the day on which it was left there. (6) Nothing in subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be construed as affecting the capacity of an employer to act by a servant or agent for the purposes of any provision of this Act, including either of those subsections.
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