# The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Rules 1974, Article 19


(1) Every document required or authorised by these Rules to be served on any person shall be deemed to have been duly served if it is delivered to him personally or delivered or sent by post to his proper address.
(2) Any document required or authorised to be served on an incorporated body or company shall be duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of the body or company.
(3) For the purpose of these Rules, the proper address of a person shall, in the case of a secretary or clerk of any incorporated body or company, be that of the registered or principal office of the body or company and shall in any other case be his last known address.
(4) If any person on whom any document is required to be served cannot be found, or has died and has no known personal representative, or if for any other reason service on that person cannot be readily effected in accordance with these Rules, the chairman may dispense with service or may make an order for substituted service on such other person or in such form (whether by advertisement in a newspaper or otherwise) as the chairman may think fit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1136/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-rules-1974/article-19
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