Regulation 26 Service of notices and orders
Anything required to be served on a person for the purposes of disciplinary proceedings may be—
delivered to him personally; or
sent to him or left at his address recorded on the Register by post; or
where he requests in writing that documents be served on him by such method, sent to him by facsimile or electronic mail or similar means which are capable of producing a document containing the text of the communication, in which case the document shall be regarded as served when it is received by him in a legible form.
For the purposes of regulation 18(5) notice of a disciplinary order shall be taken to have been served on the person in relation to whom it was made—
where it was delivered to him personally, on the day of delivery;
where it was sent to him by a postal service which seeks to deliver documents by post no later than the next working day in all or the majority of cases or left at his address recorded on the Register, on the second day after the day on which it was sent or left;
where it was sent to him by a postal service other than one which seeks to deliver documents by post no later than the next working day in all or the majority of cases at his address recorded on the Register, on the fourth day after the day on which it was sent; or
where he requests in writing that documents be served on him by such method, where it was sent to him by facsimile or electronic mail or similar means which are capable of producing a document containing the text of the communication, on the second day after the day on which it was transmitted.