{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150184",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Giving notices, notifications and directions, and the submission of forms",
  "text": "(1) In this regulation, “instrument” means a notice, notification, certificate, direction or form under these Regulations.\n(2) An instrument must be in writing.\n(3) An instrument may be served on or given to a person by—\n(a) personal delivery,\n(b) leaving it at the person’s proper address, or\n(c) sending it by post or electronic means to the person’s proper address.\n(4) In the case of a body corporate, an instrument may be served on or given to a director of that body or the secretary or clerk.\n(5) In the case of a partnership, an instrument may be served on or given to a partner or a person having control or management of the partnership business.\n(6) In paragraph (3), “proper address” means—\n(a) in the case of a body corporate, a director of the body or the secretary or clerk—\n(i) the registered or principal office of that body, or\n(ii) the email address of the director, secretary or clerk;\n(b) in the case of a partnership or a partner or person having control or management of the partnership business—\n(i) the principal office of the partnership, or\n(ii) the email address of a partner or a person having that control or management;\n(c) in any other case, a person’s last known address, which includes an email address.\n(7) For the purposes of paragraph (6), the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership established outside the United Kingdom is their principal office in the United Kingdom.\n(8) A form provided by the regulator which specifies an electronic address for submission may be submitted electronically to that address.\n(9) A form provided by the regulator for completion and submission through a website may be submitted through that site.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:48.139767+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."
}