Regulation 29 Method of sending documentsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Any document may be sent to F1the Secretary by post, by fax, electronically or through a document exchange, unless the Chairman directs otherwise.

(2)

Any notice or document which these regulations authorise or require the Care Tribunal to send to a party shall be sent –

(a)

by first-class post to the address given for the purpose by that party in accordance with these Regulations;

(b)

by fax or electronically to a number or address given by that party for the purpose; or

(c)

where the party has given for the purpose an address which includes a numbered box number at a document exchange, by leaving the notice or document addressed to that numbered box at that document exchange or at a document exchange which transmits documents on every working day to that exchange.

(3)

If a notice or document cannot be sent to a party in accordance with paragraph (2), the Chairman may dispense with service of it or direct that it be served on that party in such manner as he thinks appropriate.

(4)

Any notice or document sent by the Secretary to a party in accordance with these regulations shall be taken to have been received –

(a)

if sent by post and not returned, on the second working day after it was posted;

(b)

if sent by fax or electronically, unless the Secretary has been notified that the transmission has been unsuccessful, on the next working day after it was sent;

(c)

if left at a document exchange in accordance with paragraph (2), on the second working day after it was left; and

(d)

if served in accordance with a direction under paragraph (3), on the next working day after it was so served.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 29(1)(2) substituted (21.7.2008) by The Care Tribunal (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/249), regs. 1, 2(8)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 29 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)