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Regulation 19 Service of notices

(1)

Any notice served under these Regulations must be in writing and may be amended, suspended or revoked in writing at any time.

(2)

A notice may be served on a person by—

(a)

personal delivery;

(b)

leaving it at the person's proper address; or

(c)

sending it by post or by electronic means to the person's proper address.

(3)

In the case of a body corporate, a notice may be served on or given to an officer of that body.

(4)

In the case of a partnership, a notice may be served on or given to a partner or a person having control or management of the partnership business.

(5)

In the case of an unincorporated association, a notice may be served on or given to an officer of the association.

(6)

For the purposes of this regulation and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 M1 (service of documents by post) in its application to this regulation, “proper address” means—

(a)

in the case of a body corporate or an officer of that body—

(i)

the registered or principal office of that body; or

(ii)

the email address of the officer;

(b)

in the case of a partnership or a partner or person having control or management of the partnership business—

(i)

the principal office of the partnership; or

(ii)

the email address of the partner or person having that control or management;

(c)

in the case of an unincorporated association or an officer of the association—

(i)

the office of the association; or

(ii)

the email address of the officer;

(d)

in any other case, a person's last known address, which includes an email address.

(7)

For the purposes of paragraph (6), the principal office of a body corporate registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership established outside the United Kingdom is its principal office in the United Kingdom.

(8)

If the name or address of any occupier of premises on whom a notice is to be served or given under these Regulations cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be ascertained, the notice may be served by leaving it conspicuously affixed to a building or object on the premises.

(9)

A notice may specify that a person in receipt of it must immediately inform an authorised officer of its safe receipt.

(10)

In this regulation—

  • “body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership;

  • “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate;

  • “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate; and

  • “partnership” includes a Scottish partnership, but does not include a limited liability partnership.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

1978 c.30.