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65.—(1) Any notice served under these Regulations by the Secretary of State, the Agency, an official veterinary surgeon, an official fish inspector or an authorised officer may be served on a person by—
(a)delivering it to that person;
(b)leaving it at his proper address; or
(c)posting it to his proper address.
(2) Any such notice which is to be served on a body corporate or an unincorporated association other than a partnership shall be duly served on the secretary or clerk or other similar officer of that body.
(3) Any such notice which is to be served on a partnership (including a Scottish partnership) shall be duly served on a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business.
(4) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), for the purposes of this regulation, the proper address of any person on whom a notice is to be served shall be his last known address, except that the proper address shall be—
(a)in the case of a body corporate or their secretary or clerk, the address of the registered office or principal office of the body corporate;
(b)in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) or their secretary or clerk, the address of the principal office of the association; and
(c)in the case of a partnership (including a Scottish partnership) or a person having the control or management of the partnership business, the address of the principal office of the partnership.
(5) Where the person to be served is a company registered, or a partnership carrying on business, outside the United Kingdom, and the company or partnership has an office within the United Kingdom, the principal office of that company or partnership for the purposes of paragraph 4 shall be its principal office within the United Kingdom.
(6) If the person to be served with any such notice has furnished the person by whom the notice is to be served with an address pursuant to any provision of these Regulations, that address shall be treated as his proper address for the purposes of this regulation.
(7) For the purposes of this regulation, “posting” a notice means sending it pre-paid by a postal service which seeks to deliver documents by post within the United Kingdom no later than the next working day in all or the majority of cases, and to deliver documents by post outside the United Kingdom within such period as is reasonable in all the circumstances.
66. Where, under any provision of these Regulations, a decision is taken in relation to a product or consignment, the person taking the decision shall, if so requested, notify the person responsible for the product or consignment in writing of the decision and the reasons for it, together with details of his right of appeal against the decision including the procedure and time limits applicable.
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