Regulation 4 Methods by which notices or orders are to be given to an account holder

(1)

The Secretary of State is to give any notice or order to an account holder under Schedule 3ZA by—

(a)

post, to the last known residential or correspondence address the Secretary of State has for the account holder,

(b)

email to the email address which—

(i)

the account holder has nominated for the purpose of being given notices or orders under Schedule 3ZA, or

(ii)

where the account holder has not nominated an address under paragraph (i), an email address the Secretary of State otherwise holds for the account holder, or

(c)

another method (including a form of electronic communication) which the Secretary of State considers reasonable in the particular circumstances of the account holder.

(2)

In a case in which the Secretary of State knows of a deputy who may be acting on behalf of an account holder^f1, the Secretary of State must give the deputy any notice or order which the Secretary of State would otherwise give to the account holder, regardless of whether a copy of the notice or order is also given to the account holder.

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f1: See paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 3ZA to the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) for the definition of “deputy”.