Section 8 – Notification of making etc. of orders and interim orders
33.Section 8(2) provides that where an antisocial behaviour order is made or varied the clerk of the court by which the order is made or varied shall arrange for a copy of the order to be served on the person subject to the order and given to the relevant authority on whose application the order was made. This also applies where an interim order is made.
34.Subsection (4) provides that where an antisocial behaviour order is revoked or an interim order is recalled, the clerk of the court by which the order is revoked or recalled shall notify the relevant authority on whose application the order was made.
35.Subsection (5) provides that for the purposes of subsection (2)(a), a copy of the order is served on the person subject to the order if it is given to them or sent to them by registered post or the recorded delivery service. Subsection (6) provides that for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) the person subject to the order is notified that the order is varied or revoked if notification is sent to them by registered post or the recorded delivery service. Where the order is sent under subsection (5)(b) or (6), subsection (7) provides that a certificate of posting issued by the postal operator concerned shall be sufficient evidence of the sending of the letter on the day specified on such certificate. In subsection (7), “postal operator” has the meaning given by section 125(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000, which is a person who provides the service of conveying postal packets from one place to another by post or any of the incidental services of receiving, collecting, sorting and delivering such packets.
