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(1)Any notice or other document required or authorised to be served under this Act may be served either—
(a)by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; or
(b)by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person or, in a case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address; or
(c)by sending it in a pre-paid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode or, in a case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address; or
[F1(ca)in a case where—
(i)the notice or other document relates to a monument situated in Wales or land in Wales; and
(ii)an address for service using electronic communications has been given by that person,
by sending it using an electronic communication, in accordance with the condition set out in subsection (1A); or]
(d)in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at their registered or principal office, or sending it in a pre-paid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at that office.
[F2(1A)The condition mentioned in subsection (1)(ca) is that the notice or document must be—
(a)capable of being accessed by the person mentioned in that provision;
(b)legible in all material respects; and
(c)in a form sufficiently permanent to be used for subsequent reference;
and for this purpose “legible in all material respects” means that the information contained in the notice or document is available to that person to no lesser extent than it would be if served or given by means of a notice or document in printed form.]
(2)Where any such notice or document is required or authorised to be served on any person as being the owner or occupier of any monument or other land—
(a)it may be addressed to the “owner” or (as the case may require) to the “occupier” of that monument or land (describing it) without further name or description; and
(b)if the usual or last known place of abode of the person in question cannot be found, it may be served by being affixed conspicuously to the monument or to some object on the site of the monument or (as the case may be) on the land.
[F3(3)In this section, “Wales” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006 (see section 158(1) of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 56(1)(ca) inserted (E.W.) (21.5.2016) by Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 4), ss. 21(1), 41(2)
F2S. 56(1A) inserted (E.W.) (21.5.2016) by Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 4), ss. 21(2), 41(2)
F3S. 56(3) inserted (E.W.) (21.5.2016) by Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 4), ss. 21(3), 41(2)
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