# The Ports Act 1991 (Levy on Disposals of Land, etc.) Order 1992, Article 40: Service of Documents


(1) Any notice or other document required or authorised by this Order to be given or furnished to any other person may be given or furnished—
(a) by delivering it to that person;
(b) by leaving it at his proper address;
(c) by post by means of the recorded delivery service;
(d) by fax;
(e) by tested telex.
(2) Any such notice or other document required or authorised to be given or furnished to a member of the chargeable company’s group being a body corporate shall be duly given or furnished if it is given or furnished to the secretary or clerk of that member.
(3) For the purposes of this article and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to this article, the proper address of any person to whom any such notice or other document is to be given or furnished shall, in the case of the secretary or clerk of a body corporate, be that of the registered or principal office of that body and, in any other case, be the last-known address of the person to whom the document is to be given or furnished: Provided that, where the person to whom the document is to be given or furnished has, in accordance with the arrangements agreed to in that behalf, provided anaddress for the giving or furnishing of the document, his proper address for the purposes of this paragraph shall be the address so provided.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/58/article/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ports-act-1991-levy-on-disposals-of-land-etc-order-1992/article-40
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