Service of noticeE+W
199.—(1) All notices which the registrar is required to give may be served—
(a)by post, to any postal address in the United Kingdom entered in the register as an address for service,
(b)by post, to any postal address outside the United Kingdom entered in the register as an address for service,
(c)by leaving the notice at any postal address in the United Kingdom entered in the register as an address for service,
(d)by directing the notice to the relevant box number at any document exchange entered in the register as an address for service,
(e)by electronic transmission to the electronic address entered in the register as an address for service, [or]
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)by any of the methods of service given in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) to any other address where the registrar believes the addressee is likely to receive it.
(2) In paragraph (1) references to an address or box number “entered in the register as an address for service” include an address for service given under rule 198(2)(h), whether or not it is entered in the register.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) Service of a notice which is served in accordance with this rule shall be regarded as having taken place at the time shown in the table below—
Method of service | Time of service |
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Post to an address in the United Kingdom | The second working day after posting |
Leaving at a postal address | The working day after it was left |
Post to an address outside the United Kingdom | The seventh working day after posting |
Document exchange | On the second working day after it was left at the registrar's document exchange |
. . . | . . . |
Electronic transmission to an electronic address | The second working day after transmission |
(5) In this rule “post” means pre-paid delivery by a postal service which seeks to deliver documents within the United Kingdom no later than the next working day in all or the majority of cases, and to deliver outside the United Kingdom within such a period as is reasonable in all the circumstances.
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .