Regulation 8 Manner of and time for service of notices, etcI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A notice to or other document for any party shall be deemed duly served if it is—

(a)

delivered to him personally; or

(b)

properly addressed and sent to him by pre-paid post at the address last notified by him for this purpose, or to his ordinary address; or

F1(ba)

subject to paragraph (1A), sent by e-mail; or

(c)

served in any other manner a Commissioner may direct.

F2(1A)

A document may be served by e-mail on any party if the recipient has informed the person sending the e-mail in writing—

(a)

that he is willing to accept service by e-mail;

(b)

of the e-mail address to which the documents should be sent; and

(c)

if the recipient wishes to so specify, the electronic format in which documents must be sent.

(2)

A notice to or other document for a Commissioner shall be F3—

(a)

delivered to the office in person;

(b)

sent to the office by pre-paid post;

(c)

sent to the office by fax; or

(d)

where the office has give written permission in advance, sent to the office by e-mail.

(3)

For the purposes of any time limit, a properly addressed notice or other document sent by pre-paid post, fax or e-mail is effective from the date it is sent.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 8(1)(ba) inserted (31.3.2007) by The Social Security and Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/146), regs. 1(1), 3(4)(a)
F2: Reg. 8(1A) inserted (31.3.2007) by The Social Security and Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/146), regs. 1(1), 3(4)(b)
F3: Words in reg. 8(2) substituted (31.3.2007) by The Social Security and Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/146), regs. 1(1), 3(4)(c)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in operation at 7.6.1999, see reg. 1