The Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

PART 5 N.I. Miscellaneous provisions

Service of notices N.I.

16.—(1) Any notice served under these Regulations must be in writing and may be amended, suspended, or withdrawn in writing at any time.

(2) A notice may be served on a person by—

(a) personal delivery;

(b) leaving it at the person's proper address; or

(c) sending it by post or by electronic means to a person's proper address.

(3) In the case of a body corporate, a notice may be served on an officer of that body.

(4) In the case of a partnership, a notice may be served on a partner or person who has control or management of the partnership business.

(5) In the case of an unincorporated association, a notice may be served on an officer of the association or a member of its governing body.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation, “proper address” means—

(a) in the case of a body corporate or an officer of that body—

(i) the registered or principal office of the body; or

(ii) the email address of the officer.

(b) in the case of a partnership or a partner or person who has control or management of the partnership business—

(i) the principal office of the partnership; or

(ii) the email address of the partner or person who has that control or management.

(c) in the case of an unincorporated association or an officer of the association or member of its governing body—

(i) the principal office of the association; or

(ii) the email address of the officer or member;

(d) in any other case, a person's last known address, which may be an email address.

(7) For the purposes of paragraph (6), the principal office of a company registered outside Northern Ireland or a partnership or unincorporated association carrying on business outside Northern Ireland is its principal office in Northern Ireland.

(8) If the name or address of any occupier of premises on whom a notice is to be served under these Regulations cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be ascertained, the notice may be served by leaving it conspicuously affixed to a building or object on the premises.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 16 in force at 1.1.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Review N.I.

17.—(1) The Secretary of State must, from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations; and

(b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2) The first report must be published before 1 January 2026.

(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

(4) Section 30(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 M1 requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the EU Regulation is implemented and enforced by Member States of the European Union.

(5) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this regulation must, in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a);

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate; and

(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in a way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

(6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 17 in force at 1.1.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M1 2015 c. 26. Section 30(3) was amended by section 19 of the Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12) and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), Schedule 8(2), paragraph 36.