C1SCHEDULE 4 INQUIRIES
Giving of noticesI16
1
A notice required or authorised to be sent to a person under this Schedule may be effected by—
a
delivering it to him at an address which is his proper address; or
b
sending it to him by post to an address which is his proper address; or
c
transmitting to him a facsimile copy of it by means of electronic signals.
2
A notice sent under paragraph (1) shall, for the purposes of this Schedule, be deemed to have been sent when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post notwithstanding that—
a
the notice was returned as undelivered or was for any reason not received; or
b
was in fact delivered or received at some other time.
3
Any such document may—
a
in the case of a body corporate, be sent to the secretary or clerk of that body;
b
in the case of a partnership, be sent to any partner;
c
in the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, be sent to any member of the governing body of the association.
4
For the purposes of this paragraph and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978, the proper address of any person is his last known address (whether of his residence or a place where he carries on business or is employed) and also any address applicable in his case under the following provisions—
a
in the case of a body corporate, its secretary or its clerk, the address of its registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;
b
in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) or member of its governing body, its principal office in the United Kingdom.
5
Where a person has in the licence-holder’s application notified F1a traffic commissioner of an address, or, subsequently notified a new address under regulation 25, at which documents may be given to him for the purposes of correspondence that address shall also be his proper address for service for the purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) or, as the case may be, his proper address for those purposes in substitution for that previously notified.
Sch. 4 excluded by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (c. 12), s. 16E(4) (as inserted (14.2.2012) by London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Act 2011 (c. 22), ss. 9(4), 10(1))