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(2.) Notice in respect of an injury under this Act thall
give the name and address of the person injured, and shall
state in ordinary language the cause oi the injury and the
date at which it was sustained, and shaU be served on the
employer, or, if there is more than one employer, upon one
of such employers.
(3.) The notice may be served by delivering the same te
or at the residence or place of business of tlie person on
whom it is to be served.
(4.) The notice may also be served ly post by a registered
letter addressed to the person on whom it is to be served at
his last known place of residence or placr^ of business, an! if
served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the
time when the letter containing the sam'e • would have been
delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving the
service of such notice it shall be sufficient to prove that, the
notice was properly addressed and registered.
(5.) Where the employer is a body of persons corporate or
unincorporate, the notice may also be served by delivering
the same at, or by sending it by post in a registered letter
addressed to the employer at, the office, or, if there be more
than one office, any one of the offices of such body.
3. — (1.) If the Registrar of Friendly Societies, after taking
steps to ascertain the views of the employer and workmen,
certifies that any scheme of compensation, benefit, or insuiance
for the word men of an employer in any employment, whether
or not such scheme includes other emp'oyers and their work-
men, is on the whole not less favourable to the general body
of workmen and their dependents than the provisions of this
Act, the employer may, until the certificate is revoked, con-
tract with any of those workmen that the provisions of the
scheme shall be substituted for the provisions of this Act, and
thereupon the employer shall be liable only in accordance
with tlie scheme, but save as aforesaid, this Act shall apply
notwithstanding any contract to the contrary made after the
commencement of this Act.
(2.) The registrar may give a certificate to expire at the
end of a limited period not less than five years.
(3.) No scheme shall be so certified Avhicli contains an
obligation upon the workmen to join the scheme as a condi-
tion of their hiiing.
(-*•.) If complaint is made to the Re gists ar uf h'liendly
Societies by oi on behalf of the workmen of any employer that