Regulation 6 Manner of and time of service of notices, etc

(1)

A notice to or other document for any party shall be deemed duly served if it is –

(a)

delivered to him personally; or

(b)

properly addressed and sent to him by pre-paid post at the address last notified by him for this purpose, or to his ordinary address; or

(c)

subject to paragraph (2), sent by e-mail; or

(d)

served in any other manner a Commissioner may direct.

(2)

A document may be served by e-mail on any party if the recipient has informed the party sending the e-mail in writing –

(a)

that he is willing to accept service by e-mail;

(b)

of the e-mail address to which documents should be sent; and

(c)

if the recipient wishes to so specify the format in which the documents must be sent.

(3)

A notice to or other document for a Commissioner shall be –

(a)

delivered to the office in person;

(b)

sent to the office by prepaid post;

(c)

sent to the office by fax; or

(d)

where the office was given written permission in advance, sent to the office by e-mail.

(4)

For the purposes of any time limit, a properly addressed notice or other document sent by pre-paid post, fax or e-mail is effective from the date it is sent.