PART 4Dispute Resolution and Enforcement

Notices

42.—(1) Where a notice is to be given under these Regulations, it may be given—

(a)by being delivered personally to a person;

(b)by being sent to the proper address of the person—

(i)by a registered post service (as defined in section 125(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000(1)); or

(ii)by a postal service which provides for the delivery of the document to be recorded;

(c)by being sent to the person using electronic communications to that person’s last known electronic address.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b) the proper address of a person is—

(a)in the case of a body corporate, the address of the registered office or principal office of the body,

(b)in the case of a partnership, the address of the principal office of the partnership,

(c)in any other case, the last known address of that person.

(3) Where a notice has been given as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) it is to be taken to have been received 48 hours after it is sent unless the contrary is shown.