{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-valuation-tribunals-procedure-england-regulations-2003/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-valuation-tribunals-procedure-england-regulations-2003/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2099",
  "legislation_title": "Leasehold Valuation Tribunals (Procedure) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-valuation-tribunals-procedure-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Notices",
  "text": "(1) Where any notice or other document is required under these Regulations to be given or sent to a person by the tribunal, it shall be sufficient compliance with the requirement if—\n(a) it is delivered or sent by pre-paid post to that person at his usual or last known address;\n(b) it is sent to that person by fax or other means of electronic communication which produces a text of the document;\n(c) where that person has appointed an agent or representative to act on his behalf—\n(i) it is delivered or sent by pre-paid post to the agent or representative at the address of the agent or representative supplied to the tribunal; or\n(ii) it is sent to the agent or representative by fax or other means of electronic communication which produces a text of the document.\n(2) A notice or other document may be sent as mentioned in paragraphs (1) (b) or (c)(ii) only if that person or his agent has given his consent.\n(3) A notice or other document sent as mentioned in paragraphs (1) (b) or (c)(ii) shall be regarded as sent when the text of it is received in legible form.\n(4) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) an intended recipient—\n(i) cannot be found after all diligent enquiries have been made;\n(ii) has died and has no personal representative; or\n(iii) is out of the United Kingdom; or\n(b) for any other reason a notice or other document cannot readily be given or sent in accordance with these Regulations.\n(5) Where paragraph (4) applies, the tribunal may—\n(a) dispense with the giving or sending of the notice or other document ; or\n(b) may give directions for substituted service in such other form (whether by advertisement in a newspaper or otherwise) or manner as the tribunal think fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2099/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:01:42.029843+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."
}