{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-act-1982-repealed-14101991/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-act-1982-repealed-14101991/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/20",
  "legislation_title": "Children’s Homes Act 1982 (repealed 14.10.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-act-1982-repealed-14101991",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Notices.",
  "text": "(1) Any notice required to be given under this Act—\n(a) shall be given in writing; and\n(b) may be given by post.\n(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 Interpretation 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/20/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:15.867691+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}