# The Seed Potatoes (Scotland) Regulations 2015, 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 (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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/395/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seed-potatoes-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-19
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