Application to the State 91. (1) This Act binds the Republic. (2) For the purposes of this Act, each government department shall be treated as a data controller. (3) Each department shall designate an officer to act as a data supervisor. (4) Where the purposes and the manner in which the processing of personal data are determined by a person acting on behalf of the Executive, Parliament and the Judiciary, the data controller in respect of that data for the purposes of this Act is (a) in relation to the Executive, the Chief Director, (b) in relation to Parliament, the Clerk to Parliament, and (c) in relation to the Judiciary, the Judicial Secretary. (5) A different person may be appointed under subsection (4) for a different purpose. Transmission of notices by electronic or other means 92. (1) A requirement that a notice, request, particulars or application to which this Act applies shall be in writing is satisfied where the text of the notice, request, particulars or application (a) is transmitted by electronic means in a manner specified by the Commission, (b) is received in legible form, and (c) is capable of being used for subsequent reference. (2) The Minister may by Regulations exempt a notice, request, particulars or application from these requirements. Service of notices by the Commission 93. (1) A notice authorised or required by this Act to be served on or given to a person by the Commission may (a) if that person is an individual, be served on that individual by delivery to that individual, (i) by post addressed to that individual at that Individual’s usual or last known place of residence or business, (ii) by leaving the notice at that individual’s usual or last known place of residence or business, or (iii) by sending it to an electronic mail address specified by the individual for service of notices; (b) if that person is a body corporate or unincorporated, be served on that body (i) by post to the principal officer of the body at its principal office, (ii) by addressing it to the principal officer of the body and leaving it at that office, or (iii) by sending it to an electronic mail address specified by the body for service of notices under this Act; and (c) if that person is a partnership, be served on that partnership (i) by post to the principal office of the partnership, (ii) by addressing it to that partnership and leaving it at