Regulation 3 Granting of licences and giving of noticesF1F9I1

A licence or a notice communicated personally shall be treated as F2granted or given immediately it is communicated.

Subject to paragraph (5) hereof, a licence or a notice communicated by post shall be treated as F3granted or given 48 hours after the end of the day on which it was posted.

A licence F4, other than a temporary foreign vessel licence, or a notice communicated by leaving it at F5an address or place of business or in the hands of a person there or by transmission by electronic means shall be treated as F6granted or given 24 hours after the time of such communication.

In relation to a licence or notice transmitted by electronic means at any time during January 2021, the reference in paragraph (3) to 24 hours is to be read as a reference to one hour.

A notice communicated in accordance with regulation 2(2)(b) (publication on website) shall be treated as given immediately it is published in accordance with that provision.

A temporary foreign vessel licence communicated in accordance with regulation 2(2B) shall be treated as granted immediately it is published in accordance with that provision.

A notice communicated in accordance with regulation 2(3) hereof shall be treated as given at the end of the day on which it is published.

Where a licence or a notice–

the licence or notice shall instead be treated as granted or given at the end of the next day following which is not a bank holiday or, in Scotland, a local holiday, in that place.