76. Giving and content of notices---(1) Any notice or direction under
 this Act that is to be given to any particular person shall be in
 writing and may be given---
   (a) By delivering it personally to the person to whom it is to be
         given; or
   (b) By leaving it, or sending it by post in a letter addressed to the
         person, at his or her usual or last known place of residence; or

   (c) By sending it by post in a letter addressed to the person at the
         address given by the person in a current application to register
         a dog at his or her address as the owner of a dog.

   (2) If a notice or direction to which subsection (1) of this section
 applies is sent by post in a registered letter, that notice or direction
 shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act, in the absence of proof to
 the contrary, to be given at the time at which the letter would have
 been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

   (3) Every notice or direction to which subsection (1) of this section
 applies shall---
   (a) Specify---
           (i) The purpose of the notice; and
           (ii) The rights of objection (if any) to the matters referred
         to in the notice; and
           (iii) The name and address of the dog control officer or other
         officer of the territorial authority to whom inquires in respect
         of the notice may be made; and
           (iv) If entry on land or premises is intended, the statutory
         authority for the entry; and
           (v) In the case of notice that a dog has been impounded, a
         statement that the dog may be sold, destroyed, or otherwise
         disposed of unless the dog is claimed and all fees paid within 7
         days after the receipt of the notice; and
   (b) In the absence of proof to the contrary, be sufficiently
         authenticated if it bears the name of the person giving the
         notice or direction.
     Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 84; 1989, No. 44, s. 86