Pensions Act 2004

303 Service of notifications and other documents U.K.

(1) This section applies where provision made (in whatever terms) by or under this Act authorises or requires—

(a) a notification to be given to a person, or

(b) a document of any other description (including a copy of a document) to be sent to a person.

(2) The notification or document may be given to the person in question—

(a) by delivering it to him,

(b) by leaving it at his proper address, or

(c) by sending it by post to him at that address.

(3) The notification or document may be given or sent to a body corporate by being given or sent to the secretary or clerk of that body.

(4) The notification or document may be given or sent to a firm by being given or sent to—

(a) a partner in the firm, or

(b) a person having the control or management of the partnership business.

(5) The notification or document may be given or sent to an unincorporated body or association by being given or sent to a member of the governing body of the body or association.

(6) For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) (service of documents by post) in its application to this section, the proper address of a person is—

(a) in the case of a body corporate, the address of the registered or principal office of the body,

(b) in the case of a firm, or an unincorporated body or association, the address of the principal office of the firm, body or association,

(c) in the case of any person to whom the notification or other document is given or sent in reliance on any of subsections (3) to (5), the proper address of the body corporate, firm or (as the case may be) other body or association in question, and

(d) in any other case, the last known address of the person in question.

(7) In the case of—

(a) a company registered outside the United Kingdom,

(b) a firm carrying on business outside the United Kingdom, or

(c) an unincorporated body or association with offices outside the United Kingdom,

the references in subsection (6) to its principal office include references to its principal office within the United Kingdom (if any).

(8) In this section “notification” includes notice; and references in this section to sending a document to a person include references to making an application to him.

(9) This section has effect subject to section 304.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 303-305 modified by 2008 c. 30, s. 144A (as inserted (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 36(1), 38(4); S.I. 2012/1681, art. 2(2)(d))

C2 Ss. 303-305 modified by 2008 c. 30, s. 144A (as inserted (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 36(1), 38(4); S.I. 2012/1681, art. 2(2)(d))

C3 Ss. 303-305 modified by S.I. 2015/879, reg. 33 (as inserted (6.4.2016) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Charges and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/304), regs. 1, 12)

C4 S. 303 applied (1.10.2018) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1030), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

C5 Ss. 303-305 applied (1.10.2022) by S.I. 1996/1715, Pt. 6 (as inserted by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/825), regs. 1(2), 2(2))