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(1)This section has effect in relation to any notice, direction or other document required or authorised by or under this Act to be given to or served on any person other than the Secretary of State, the Chief Registrar of friendly societies or the Registrar of Friendly Societies for Northern Ireland.
(2)Any such document may be given to or 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.
(3)Any such document may—
(a)in the case of a body corporate, be given to or served on the secretary or clerk of that body;
(b)in the case of a partnership, be given to or served on any partner;
(c)in the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, be given to or served on any member of the governing body of the association;
(d)in the case of an appointed representative, be given to or served on his principal.
(4)For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978 (service of documents by post) in its application to this section, the proper address of any person is his last known address (whether of his residence or of a place where he carries on business or is employed) and also any address applicable in his case under the following provisions—
(a)in the case of a member of a recognised self-regulating organisation or a person certified by a recognised professional body who does not have a place of business in the United Kingdom, the address of that organisation or body;
(b)in the case of a body corporate, its secretary or its clerk, the address of its registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;
(c)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.
(5)Where a person has notified the Secretary of State of an address or a new address at which documents may be given to or served on him under this Act that address shall also be his proper address for the purposes mentioned in subsection (4) above or, as the case may be, his proper address for those purposes in substitution for that previously notified.
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C1S. 204 applied (prosp.) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 154, 155, 169(5)
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