Regulation 69 Service of documents

(1)

Any document required or authorised by these Regulations to be served on a person may be served by—

(a)

delivering it to that person in person;

(b)

leaving it at that person's proper address;

(c)

sending it by post or electronic means to that person's proper address;

(2)

In the case of a body corporate, a document may be served on a director of that body.

(3)

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

(4)

For the purposes of this regulation, “proper address” means—

(a)

in the case of a body corporate or its director—

(i)

the registered or principal office of that body; or

(ii)

the email address of the secretary or clerk of that body;

(b)

in the case of a partnership, 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 a partner or person having that control or management;

(c)

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

(5)

If a person to be served with a document has specified an address in the United Kingdom (other than that person's proper address) at which that person or someone on that person's behalf will accept service, that address must also be treated as that person's proper address.

(6)

In this regulation, “partnership” includes a Scottish partnership.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: S.I. 1989/1327.
F2: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The enabling powers of section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51).
F3: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008.