The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

Service of notices E+W

2.—(1) Where any notice which is required or authorised by these Regulations to be given to or served on any person falls to be given or served by or on behalf of the Common Council it may be given or served in any manner in which it might be given or served under section 233 of the Local Government Act 1972(1) if the Common Council were a local authority within the meaning of that section.

(2) If the name of any person on whom a notice is to be served in accordance with regulation 3 (information from residents, etc.) or regulation 12 (information relating to exempt dwellings, etc.) cannot after reasonable inquiry be ascertained, the notice may be served by addressing it to “The Resident” or, as the case may be, “The Owner” or “The Managing Agent” of the dwelling concerned [F1 (naming the dwelling) without further name] or description.

(3) If the name of any person to whom a notice is to be given or on whom a notice is to be served in accordance with any provision of Part V (billing) of these Regulations cannot after reasonable inquiry be ascertained, the notice may be given or served by addressing it to “The Council Tax Payer” of the dwelling concerned (naming the dwelling) without further name or description.

[F2 (4) Without prejudice to section 233 of the Local Government Act 1972 and paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above and subject to paragraphs (5) to (8) below, any notice required or authorised to be given to or served by a billing authority on any person by a provision of Part II, III or V of these Regulations or by Regulation 33, or any information required by the demand notice regulations to be supplied to any person when a demand notice (within the meaning of Part V of these Regulations) is served:

(a) may be so given, served or supplied by sending the notice or information to that person by electronic communication to such address as may be notified by that person for that purpose; or

(b) is to be treated as given, served or supplied to that person where—

(i) the billing authority and that person have agreed for that purpose that any document containing that notice or information may be accessed by that person on a website;

(ii) the document is a document to which that agreement applies;

(iii) the billing authority has published the document on a website; and

(iv) that person is notified, in a manner for the time being agreed for that purpose between that person and the billing authority, of—

(aa) the publication of the document on a website;

(bb) the address of that website; and

(cc) the place on the website where the document may be accessed.

(5) For the purpose of any legal proceedings, a notice given by a means described in paragraph (4), unless the contrary is proved, is treated as served on the second business day after—

(a) it was sent in accordance with paragraph (4)(a); or

(b) notification of its publication was given in accordance with paragraph (4)(b)(iv).

(6) A person who has notified an address for the purpose of paragraph (4)(a) must, by notice in writing to the billing authority, advise the billing authority of any change in that address; and the change takes effect on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the billing authority.

(7) A person who has notified an address for the purpose of paragraph (4)(a) may, by notice in writing to the billing authority, withdraw that notification; and the withdrawal takes effect on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the billing authority.

(8) A person who has entered into an agreement with the billing authority under paragraph (4)(b)(i) may, by notice in writing to the billing authority, inform the authority that they no longer wish to be party to the agreement; and where such notice is given, the agreement must be treated as revoked on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the billing authority.]

[F3 (4) Without prejudice to section 233 of the Local Government Act 1972 and paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above and subject to paragraphs (5) to (8) below, any notice required or authorised to be given to or served by a billing authority on any person by a provision of Part II, III or V of these Regulations, or any information required by the demand notice regulations to be supplied to any person when a demand notice (within the meaning of Part V of these Regulations) is served:

(a) may be so given, served or supplied by sending the notice or information to that person by electronic communication to such address as may be notified by that person for that purpose; or

(b) shall be treated as given, served or supplied to that person where—

(i) the billing authority and that person have agreed for that purpose that any document containing that notice or information may be accessed by that person on a website;

(ii) the document is a document to which that agreement applies;

(iii) the billing authority has published the document on a website; and

(iv) that person is notified, in a manner for the time being agreed for that purpose between him and the billing authority, of—

(aa) the publication of the document on a website;

(bb) the address of that website; and

(cc) the place on the website where the document may be accessed.

(5) For the purpose of any legal proceedings, a notice given by a means described in paragraph (4), shall, unless the contrary is proved, be treated as served on the second business day after—

(a) it was sent in accordance with sub-paragraph (a); or

(b) notification of its publication was given in accordance with sub-paragraph (b)(iv).

(6) A person who has notified an address for the purpose of paragraph (4)(a) shall, by notice in writing to the billing authority, advise the billing authority of any change in that address; and the change shall take effect on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the billing authority.

(7) A person who has notified an address for the purpose of paragraph (4)(a) may, by notice in writing to the billing authority, withdraw that notification; and the withdrawal shall take effect on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the billing authority.

(8) A person who has entered into an agreement with the billing authority under paragraph (4)(b)(i) may, by notice in writing to the billing authority, inform the authority that he no longer wishes to be party to the agreement; and where such notice is given, the agreement shall be treated as revoked on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the billing authority.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(2) substituted (24.12.1992) by The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3008), regs. 1, 4

F2 Reg. 2(4)-(8) inserted (W.) (31.10.2009) by The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2706), arts. 1(1), 10(2)

F3 Reg. 2(4)-(8) inserted (E.) (5.11.2003) by The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2604), arts. 1(1), 4(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.1992, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

1972 c. 70; subsection (6) was repealed by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57), Schedule 2.