# The Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001, Paragraph 16: Service of documents etc.


(1) Any document required or authorised by this Schedule to be served on a person may be so served—
(a) by delivering it to him or by leaving it at his proper address or by sending it by post to him at that address;
(b) if the person is a body corporate, by serving it in accordance with paragraph (a) above on the secretary or clerk of that body; or
(c) if the person is a partnership, by serving it in accordance with that paragraph on a partner or on a person having control or management of the partnership business.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, and for the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relates to the service of documents by post) in its application to that paragraph, the proper address of any person on whom a document is to be served by virtue of these Regulations shall be his last known address except that—
(a) in the case of service on a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the body corporate;
(b) in the case of service on a partnership or a partner or a person having the control or management of a partnership business, it shall be the principal office of the partnership;
and for the purposes of this paragraph the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom is its principal office within the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1701/schedule/13/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/noise-emission-in-the-environment-by-equipment-for-use-outdoors-regulations-2001/schedule-13/paragraph-16
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