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Coal Act 1938
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55 Service of notices, &c. E+W+S
Any notice, application in writing or other document required or authorised to be served, made or delivered under this Act may be served, made or delivered either—
(a)by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served, or to whom it is to be made or delivered; or
(b)by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person; or
(c)by sending it in a prepaid registered letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode; or
(d)in the case of an incorporated company or body, the Central Valuation Board or a Regional Valuation Board, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the company, body or Board at their registered or principal office or sending it in a prepaid registered letter addressed to the secretary or clerk of the company, body or Board at that office; or
(e)if it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain the name and address of a person on whom it should be served, or to whom it should be made or delivered, as being a person having any interest in land, by addressing it to him by the description of the person having that interest in the premises (naming them) to which it relates, and delivering it to some person on the premises or, if there is no person on the premises to whom it can be delivered, affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous part of the premises.
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C1S. 55 extended by Coal Industry Act 1975 (c. 56), s. 2(10)(d) and (E.W.) ibid., Sch. 2 para. 11
C2References to registered letter to be construed as including references to letter sent by recorded delivery service: Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962 (c. 27), s. 1(1)(2), Sch. para. 1
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