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Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Section 285 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Valid from 12/01/2010
(1)Any notice or other thing that is required to be served on or given to a person under any provision of this Chapter may be served on or given to the person only by one of the following methods—
(a)personal delivery;
(b)addressing it to the person and leaving it at the appropriate address;
(c)addressing it to the person and sending it to that address by post.
(2)“The appropriate address”, in relation to the owner of a vessel that is registered in any country or territory, means the address given by that register as the address of the owner of the vessel.
(3)In relation to any other person “the appropriate address” means—
(a)in the case of a body corporate, its registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;
(b)in the case of a firm, the principal office of the partnership;
(c)in the case of an unincorporated body or association, the principal office of the body or association;
(d)in any other case, the person's usual or last known place of residence in the United Kingdom or last known place of business in the United Kingdom.
(4)In the case of—
(a)a company registered outside the United Kingdom,
(b)a firm carrying on business outside the United Kingdom, or
(c)an unincorporated body or association with offices outside the United Kingdom,
the references in subsection (3) to its principal office include references to its principal office within the United Kingdom (if any).
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