Section 12 Notices.

England and Wales

(1)

Any notice required to be given under this Act—

(a)

shall be given in writing; and

(b)

may be given by post.

(2)

Where any such notice is required to be given to the person carrying on a children’s home and more than one person is for the time being carrying it on, the notice may be given to any one of them; and for the purposes of section 7 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978 (references to “service by post”) a letter enclosing a notice under this Act to any such person or persons shall be deemed to be properly addressed if it is addressed to him or them at the home.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1978 c. 30.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c.41, SIF 20) Sch. 15 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I 1991/828, art. 3(2)