Part X Miscellaneous and general
Chapter VI General
Service of documents
C1C2572 Service of notices and other documents.
Any order, notice or other document required or authorised by this Act to be F1served on, or given to, any person may be served or given —
a
by delivering it to that person, or
b
by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence, or
c
by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that place.
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But such a document may not be served or given in an electronic communication to a person as a parent unless —
a
the person consents in writing to the receipt of documents of the kind in question from the sender in an electronic communication sent to a specified number or address, and
b
the communication is sent to the number or address in question.
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In subsection (2), “electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000.