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Regulation 15 Service of notices

(1)

Any notice or other document required or authorised to be given to or served on any person under these Regulations may be given or served by—

(a)

delivering it to that person; or

(b)

leaving it at his proper address; or

(c)

sending it to his proper address by the recorded delivery service.

(2)

Any notice or other document required or authorised to be given to or served on any body corporate or unincorporated association other than a partnership shall be duly given to or served on the secretary or clerk or other similar officer of that body.

(3)

Any notice or other document required or authorised to be given to or served on any partnership may be given to or served on a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business.

(4)

Subject to paragraph (5) below, for the purposes of this regulation, the proper address of any person to whom or on whom any such notice or document is to be given or served shall be his last known address except that such address shall be—

(a)

in the case of a body corporate or their secretary or clerk, the address of the registered office or principal office of the body corporate;

(b)

in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) or their secretary or clerk, the address of the principal office of the association; and

(c)

in the case of a partnership or a person having control or the management of the partnership business, the address of the principal office of the partnership, and for the purposes of this paragraph the principal office of a company registered outside Great Britain or of a partnership carrying on business outside Great Britain shall be its principal office within Great Britain.

(5)

If the person to be given or served with any such notice or document has furnished the person by whom the notice or document is to be given or served with an address pursuant to any provision of these Regulations, that address shall also be treated for the purposes of this regulation as his proper address.