53Procedure for service, etcU.K.
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the procedure which must be followed when a provision of or made under this Act requires or allows a notice, order, notification or document of any kind to be given or served.
(2)The regulations may, in particular, make provision—
(a)as to the manner in which a document must be given or served,
(b)as to the address to which a document must be sent,
(c)requiring, or allowing, a document to be sent electronically,
(d)for treating a document as having been given, received or served on a date or at a time determined in accordance with the regulations,
(e)as to what must, or may, be done if a sender or an intended recipient is not an individual,
(f)as to what must, or may, be done if a person is treated by virtue of Schedule 1 as holding an interest or right for the purposes of this Act,
(g)as to what must, or may, be done if a sender or an intended recipient is outside the United Kingdom.
(3)Section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (service of notice by post) has effect in relation to provisions made under this Act subject to any provision made by regulations under this section.