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[F156 Service of noticesE+W+S
(1)Any notice required or authorised by this Act to be given to a person (A) may be sent—
(a)by registered post,
(b)by the recorded delivery service, or
(c)subject to subsections (3) and (4), by electronic means.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) or (b) the notice must be sent in a letter—
(a)addressed to A at A’s last or usual place of abode, or
(b)where A is a registered firearms dealer, addressed to A at any place of business in respect of which A is registered.
(3) Subsection (1)(c) applies only to notices required or authorised to be given by a chief officer of police, the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers.
(4) A notice may be sent by electronic means only if—
(a)the person to whom the notice is to be sent (A) has given a written statement to the chief officer of police, the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers (as the case may be) consenting to receive notices under this Act in an electronic form,
(b)that statement specifies the electronic form (or forms) that may be used and an electronic address for each form,
(c)subject to subsection (7), the statement has not been withdrawn in accordance with subsection (5)(b), and
(d)the notice is sent to the electronic address specified in the statement for that form.
(5) A statement given for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) may—
(a)be limited to notices of a description specified in the statement;
(b)be withdrawn by giving a further written statement to the person to whom it was given.
(6) A statement given for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) or (5)(b) may not be given by electronic means.
(7) Where a statement given for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) has been withdrawn under subsection (5)(b), a notice sent in accordance with that statement before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day after the date of the withdrawal is to be treated as complying with subsection (4)(c).]
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F1S. 56 substituted (1.4.2011) by Firearms (Electronic Communications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/713), arts. 1(1), 2(4)
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