199Notices
(1)Subsections (2) to (4) below have effect in relation to any notice required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on or given to any person other than the Secretary of State.
(2)Any such notice shall be in writing and may be served on or given to 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 notice may—
(a)in the case of a body corporate, be served on or given to the secretary or clerk of that body;
(b)in the case of a partnership, be served on or given to any partner or any person having the control or management of the partnership business;
(c)in the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, be served on or given to any member of the governing body of the association.
(4)For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978 (service of documents by post) in its application to this section, the proper address of any person on or to whom a notice is to be served or given shall be his last known address, except that—
(a)where it is to be served on or given to a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the body; and
(b)where it is to be served on or given to a partnership or a partner or a person having the control or management of a partnership business, it shall be the address of the principal office of the partnership;
and, in relation to a company registered outside the United Kingdom or a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom, the reference in paragraph (a) or (b) to its principal office includes a reference to its principal office within the United Kingdom (if any).
(5)Any notice served—
(a)by the Independent Television Commission under section 21, 41, 42 or 55, or
(b)by the Radio Authority under section 103, 109, 110, 111, or 120,
shall be published in such manner as that body consider appropriate, and shall be so published as soon as reasonably practicable after it is served.
(6)In this section (except in subsection (5)) “notice” includes any notification.