Regulation 27 NoticesI1

Any notice served or given under these Regulations must be in writing and may be amended, suspended or revoked in writing at any time.

A notice may be served on or given to a person by—

In the case of a body corporate, a notice may be served on or given to an officer of that body.

In the case of a partnership, a notice may be served on or given to a partner or a person having control or management of the partnership business.

In the case of an unincorporated association, a notice may be served on or given to an officer of the association.

For the purposes of this regulation and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978^f1 (service of documents by post) in its application to this regulation, “proper address” means—

For the purposes of paragraph (6), the principal office of a body corporate registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership established outside the United Kingdom is its principal office in the United Kingdom.

If the name or address of any occupier of premises on whom a notice is to be served or given under these Regulations cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be ascertained, the notice may be served by leaving it conspicuously affixed to a building or object on the premises.

A person must comply with the terms of any notice served under these Regulations.

In this regulation—

• “body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership;

• “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate;

• “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate;

• “partnership” does not include a limited liability partnership.