Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Notices of applications for orders

5 (1) An application for an order under paragraph 2 that relates to material that consists of or includes journalistic material is to be made inter partes.

(2) Notice of an application for an order under paragraph 2 that relates to such material may be served on a person—

(a) by delivering it to the person,

(b) by leaving it at the person’s proper address, or

(c) by sending it by post to the person in a registered letter or by a recorded delivery service.

(3) Notice of an application for an order under paragraph 2 that relates to such material may be served—

(a) on a body corporate, by serving it on the body’s secretary or clerk or other similar officer;

(b) on a partnership, by serving it on one of the partners.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to that sub-paragraph, the proper address of a person—

(a) in the case of a secretary or clerk or other similar officer of a body corporate, is that of the registered or principal office of that body;

(b) in the case of a partner of a firm is that of the principal office of the firm;

(c) in any other case is the last known address of the person to be served.