PART 10MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Service of documents etc.76

1

Any document required or authorised by these Regulations to be served on a person may be so served—

a

by delivering it to that person or by leaving it at that person's proper address or by sending it by post to that person at that address;

b

if the person is a body corporate, by serving it in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) on the secretary or clerk of that body corporate; or

c

if the person is a partnership, by serving it in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) on a partner or on a person having control or management of the partnership business.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), and for the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 M1 (which relates to the service of documents by post) in its application to that paragraph, the proper address of any person on whom a document is to be served in accordance with these Regulations shall be that person's last known address except that—

a

in the case of service on a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the body corporate; and

b

in the case of service on a partnership or a partner or a person having the control or management of a partnership business, it shall be the principal office of the partnership,

and for the purposes of this paragraph the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom is its principal office within the United Kingdom.

ReviewE177

1

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

a

carry out a review of these Regulations;

b

set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

c

publish the report.

2

In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive is implemented in other EEA states.

3

The report must, in particular—

a

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;

b

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

c

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved by a system that imposes less regulation.

4

The first report under this regulation must be published no later than 5 years after the date of the coming into force of these Regulations.

5

Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

Annotations:
Extent Information
E1

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

ReviewE277

1

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

a

carry out a review of these Regulations;

b

set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

c

publish the report.

2

In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive is implemented in other F1relevant states.

3

The report must, in particular—

a

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;

b

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

c

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved by a system that imposes less regulation.

4

The first report under this regulation must be published no later than 5 years after the date of the coming into force of these Regulations.

5

Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.