(1)This section has effect in relation to any notice, directions or other document required or authorised by or under any provision of this Act or by the rules of a building society to be served on any person other than the [F1FCA and the PRA] but subject, in the case of notices or other documents to be given or sent to members of a building society, to any provision of its rules.
F2(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)Any such document may be served on the person in question—
(a)by delivering it to him;
(b)by leaving it at his proper address; or
(c)by sending it by post to him at that address.
[F3(2A)The reference in subsection (2)(a) to delivering a document to a person includes a reference to sending it electronically to an electronic address which that person has notified for the purpose in accordance with express provision made by this Act.]
(3)Any such document may—
(a)in the case of a building society, be served on the secretary of the society;
(b)in the case of a body corporate (other than a building society), be served on the secretary or clerk of that body;
(c)in the case of a partnership, be served on any partner;
(d)in the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, be served on any member of its governing body.
(4)For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978 (service of documents) in its application to this section, the proper address of any person is—
(a)in the case of a building society or its secretary, the address of its principal office;
(b)in the case of a member of a building society, his registered address;
(c)in the case of a director or the chief executive of a building society, his officially notified address;
(d)in the case of a body corporate (other than a building society) its secretary or clerk, the address of its registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;
(e)in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) or a member of its governing body, its principal office in the United Kingdom;
and, in any other case, his last-known address (whether of his residence or of a place where he carries on business or is employed).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 115(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 8 para. 50 (with Sch. 12)
F2S. 115(1A) repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2617, arts. 2(b), 13(2), Sch. 4 (with S. 13(3), Sch. 5); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2
F3S. 115(2A) inserted (20.3.2003) by The Building Societies Act 1986 (Electronic Communications) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/404), arts. 1(1), 8
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