Any legal proceedings against a local authority shall be deemed to have been duly served on the authority if served on the proper officer of the authority, and any notice, order or other document required or authorised by any enactment or any instrument made under an enactment to be sent, delivered or served to or upon a local authority or to or upon the proper officer or [F1convener] of a local authority, shall be addressed to the local authority or to the proper officer or [F1convener] as the case may be, and left at, or sent by post in a prepaid letter to, the offices of the local authority.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 190 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(59); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 190 applied (10.10.2005) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), ss. 4, 54(2), Sch. 1 para. 13(1); S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2