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Section 572 Service of notices and other documents.C1C2

England and Wales

Any order, notice or other document required or authorised by this Act to be F1served on, or given to, any person may be served or given —

(a)

by delivering it to that person, or

(b)

by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence, or

(c)

by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that place.

F2(2)

But such a document may not be served or given in an electronic communication to a person as a parent unless —

(a)

the person consents in writing to the receipt of documents of the kind in question from the sender in an electronic communication sent to a specified number or address, and

(b)

the communication is sent to the number or address in question.

(3)

In subsection (2), “electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000.

F3(4)

This section does not preclude any notice or order under sections 436H to 436P (which relate to school attendance orders) from being served by any other effective method.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 572 substituted (27.2.2004) by Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38), ss. 23(2), 93; S.I. 2003/3300, art. 3(a)(ii)

F2

S. 572(2)(3) inserted (1.1.2005) by The Education Act 1996 (Electronic Communications) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2521), arts. 1, 3

F3

S. 572(4) inserted (29.4.2026 but only for the purposes of making regulations) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 39(3), 78(1)(a)(3)(5)

Modifications

C1

S. 572 restricted (1.4.2007 for E., 31.10.2010 for W.) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 92(6), 188(3); S.I. 2007/935, art. 4(a); S.I. 2010/2543, art. 2(d)

C2

S. 572 restricted (1.9.2007) by Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40), ss. 104(6), 188(3); S.I. 2007/1801, art. 4(h)