The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) Regulations 1994

Delivery of licences and giving of notices

3.—(1) A licence or a notice communicated personally shall be treated as delivered or given immediately it is communicated.

(2) Subject to paragraph (5) hereof, a licence or a notice communicated by post shall be treated as delivered or given 48 hours after the end of the day on which it was posted.

(3) A licence or a notice communicated by leaving it at a nominee’s address or place of business or in the hands of a person there or by transmission by electronic means shall be treated as delivered or given 24 hours after the time of such communication.

(4) A notice communicated in accordance with regulation 2(3) hereof shall be treated as given at the end of the day on which it is published.

(5) Where a licence or a notice–

(a) is communicated by post, and

(b) would be treated as delivered or given, in accordance with this regulation, on a Sunday or any day which in the place where it is delivered or given is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1) or, in Scotland, is a local holiday,

the licence or notice shall instead be treated as delivered or given at the end of the next day following which is not a bank holiday or, in Scotland, a local holiday, in that place.

(1)

1971 c. 80.