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36.—(1) A notice may be served on a registered operator by—
(a)delivering it personally,
(b)leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the contact address of the registered operator,
(c)sending it to the email address that the operator has given to the Scottish Ministers for the service of notices.
(2) A notice may be served on any other person by—
(a)delivering it personally,
(b)leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the person's last known place of abode or business, or
(c)sending it to any email address that the person has given to the Scottish Ministers for the service of notices.
(3) If a notice is to be given by a plant health inspector to an occupier or other person in charge of premises and the last known place of abode or address of that person cannot be ascertained after reasonable enquiry, the notice may be served on that person by addressing it to “the occupier” and leaving it conspicuously affixed to an object on the premises for a period of seven days.
(4) A notice may—
(a)in the case of a body corporate (other than a limited liability partnership), be served on the secretary or clerk of that body at the address of the registered or principal office of that body,
(b)in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), be served on a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business at the address of the principal office of the partnership,
(c)in the case of a limited liability partnership, be served on a member of the partnership at the address of the registered or principal office of the partnership.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom is its principal office within the United Kingdom.
(6) In this regulation—
“notice” means a notice to be given by a plant health inspector under these Regulations,
“contact address”, in relation to a registered operator, means—
the address of the operator's principal place of business in the United Kingdom, or
any other postal address in Scotland that the operator has given to the Scottish Ministers as a contact address for the service of notices.
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I1Reg. 36 in force at 14.12.2019, see reg. 1(1)
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