Regulation 24 Notices etc.

(1)

Any notice under these Regulations which is not required to be in any special form shall be in writing.

(2)

Any notice or other document required or authorised by these Regulations to be sent or given to any person shall be deemed to have been duly sent or given to that person—

(a)

where that person is a company, if the document is addressed to the secretary of the company at its registered office or at its principal office or place of business, and is either—

(i)

sent by post by recorded delivery, or

(ii)

delivered at the registered office, or at the principal office or place of business, of the company;

(b)

where that person is a public body, or a corporation, society or other body, if the document is addressed to the clerk, secretary, treasurer or other head officer of that body, corporation or society at its principal office, and is either—

(i)

sent by post by recorded delivery, or

(ii)

delivered at that office;

(c)

in the case of a notice served in accordance with, or on a person mentioned in, regulation 5(4)(b), (c) or (d), if the notice is addressed as provided in that regulation and is sent by post by recorded delivery or is delivered there;

(d)

in any other case, if the document is addressed to that person, and is either sent by post by recorded delivery to his last known address, or is delivered there.

(3)

Where any such document is to be given or sent to any person with respect to any land or right belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice of the Church of England, a copy thereof shall be sent to the Church Commissioners.

(4)

Any application or communication to be made to a Commissioner in respect of any proceedings shall be addressed to the Clerk.

(5)

Nothing in this regulation affects the application of section 231 of the Local Government Act 1972 (Service of notices on local authorities, etc), as amended.