10Notice requirements in relation to ordersE+W+N.I.
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(1)The subject of a serious crime prevention order is bound by it or a variation of it only if—
(a)he is represented (whether in person or otherwise) at the proceedings at which the order or (as the case may be) variation is made; or
(b)a notice setting out the terms of the order or (as the case may be) variation has been served on him.
(2)The notice may be served on him by—
(a)delivering it to him in person; or
(b)sending it by recorded delivery to him at his last-known address (whether residential or otherwise).
(3)For the purposes of delivering such a notice to him in person, a constable or a person authorised for the purpose by the relevant applicant authority may (if necessary by force)—
(a)enter any premises where he has reasonable grounds for believing the person to be; and
(b)search those premises for him.
(4)In this Part “the relevant applicant authority” means—
(a)in relation to a serious crime prevention order in England and Wales—
(i)where the order was applied for by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(ii)where the order was applied for by the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions, the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions; and
(iii)where the order was applied for by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office; and
(b)in relation to a serious crime prevention order in Northern Ireland, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.