The Alien and Locally Absent Species in Aquaculture (Scotland) Regulations 2015

PART 7 S MISCELLANEOUS

Disclosure of information S

[F1 30.   The competent authority may disclose information to—

(a) the equivalent authority in England and Wales for the purposes of Council Regulation 708/2007, these Regulations, or legislation corresponding to these Regulations in England and Wales;

(b) the equivalent authority in Northern Ireland, for the purposes of Council Regulation 708/2007 as it has effect by virtue of section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, these Regulations, or legislation corresponding to these Regulations in Northern Ireland.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 30 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Aquaculture and Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/393), regs. 1(3), 4(4)

Service of notices S

31.—(1) A notice served under these Regulations may be served on a person by—

(a) delivering it to the person;

(b) leaving it at the person’s proper address or sending it by post to that address; or

(c) transmitting it electronically.

(2) Where the person on whom a notice is to be served is a body corporate the notice is duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978(1) (service of documents by post) in its application to this regulation, the proper address of any person to whom a notice is to be given is—

(a) if the person has given an address for service, that address;

(b) if no address has been given—

(i) in the case of the secretary or clerk of a body corporate, the address of the registered or principal office of the body corporate; and

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

(4) 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.

(5) If the notice is transmitted electronically, it is to be treated as duly served if—

(a) the person upon whom the notice is required or authorised to be served (“the recipient”) has indicated to the person serving the notice the recipient’s willingness to receive notices by electronic means and has provided an address suitable for that purpose; and

(b) the notice is sent to the address provided.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 31 in force at 3.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

1978 c.30.