Regulation 8 Provision of notices or documents
Where any written notice or document is to be given or supplied to the officer concerned under these Regulations, it shall be—
given to the officer concerned in person;
left with some person at, or sent by recorded delivery to, the officer’s last known address; or
in respect of a written notice under regulation 15(1), given to the officer concerned in person by a police friend where the police friend has agreed with the appropriate authority to deliver the notice.
Service shall be deemed to be effective (as the case may be) on the date on which—
it is given to the officer concerned, under paragraph (1)(a) or (c);
it is left with some person at the officer’s last known address, under paragraph (1)(b);
receipt was recorded, if sent by recorded delivery to the officer’s last known address, under paragraph (1)(b).