Notices
10.—(1) A notice under this article must contain the information and other matters specified in the Schedule and must be signed by the ratepayer or a person authorised to sign on behalf of the ratepayer.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), a notice given no later than 30 September in a financial year may have effect from a date no earlier than 1 April in the preceding financial year.
(3) A notice may not be given earlier than 1 October in the financial year preceding the relevant financial year.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), where, in relation to the hereditament to which the notice relates—
(a)the part of the relevant conditions concerning rateable value becomes satisfied due to an alteration of a local non-domestic rating list; and
(b)a notice is given within 4 months after the date on which the billing authority concerned is notified of the alteration pursuant to regulations under section 55 of the 1988 Act (alteration of lists),
the notice may have effect from a date no earlier than the date on which the alteration takes effect under those regulations.
(5) No notice may have effect for a day earlier than 1 April 2008.
(6) A notice is to be served on the billing authority concerned by—
(a)addressing it to the authority; and
(b)delivering it or sending it to the authority’s office by post or electronic communication.
(7) Any notice sent by electronic communication is to be regarded, unless the contrary is proved, as served when it is received in a legible form.
(8) When a notice has been given in respect of a financial year the billing authority may require the ratepayer to give further notices in accordance with this article in relation to such subsequent financial years as it may from time to time specify.