{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-and-council-tax-electronic-communications-england-order-2006/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-and-council-tax-electronic-communications-england-order-2006/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/237",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Domestic Rating and Council Tax (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-domestic-rating-and-council-tax-electronic-communications-england-order-2006",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Central Lists) Regulations 1989",
  "text": "For regulation 3 substitute—\n“Service of notices\n3 (1) Any notice required or authorised by these Regulations to be served on a person by the Secretary of State may be served—\n(a) in the case of a body corporate, by addressing the notice or information to the secretary of the body and—\n(i) delivering it to him,\n(ii) leaving it at or by sending it by post to him at the registered or principal office of the body, or\n(iii) sending it to him by electronic communication to such address as may be notified by him for that purpose; and\n(b) in any other case, by—\n(i) delivering the notice or information to the person,\n(ii) leaving it at or sending it by post to him at his last place of abode or an address given by him at which service will be accepted, or\n(iii) sending it to him by electronic communication to such an address as may be notified by him for that purpose.\n(2) For the purpose of any legal proceedings, a notice given by the means described in paragraph (1)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii) shall, unless the contrary is proved, be treated as served on the second business day after it was sent.\n(3) A person who has notified an address for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii) shall, by notice in writing to the Secretary of State, advise the Secretary of State of any change in that address; and the change shall take effect on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the Secretary of State.\n(4) A person who has notified an address for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii) may, by notice in writing to the Secretary of State, withdraw that notification; and the withdrawal shall take effect on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the Secretary of State.\n(5) Where a company registered outside the United Kingdom has an office in the United Kingdom, that office shall be treated for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a)(ii) as its principal office; and where it has more than one office in the United Kingdom its principal office in the United Kingdom shall be treated as its principal office for that purpose.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/237/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:38:29.190113+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."
}