The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Electronic Communications) (Wales) Order 2009

Amendment of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Central Lists) Regulations 1989

7.  For regulation 3 substitute—

“Service of notices

3.— (1) Any notice required or authorised by these Regulations to be served on a person by the Welsh Ministers may be served—

(a) in the case of a body corporate, by addressing the notice or information to the secretary of the body and—

(i) delivering it to the secretary,

(ii) leaving it at or sending it by post to the secretary at the registered or principal office of the body, or

(iii) sending it to the secretary by electronic communication to such address as may be notified by the secretary for that purpose; and

(b) in any other case, by—

(i) delivering the notice or information to the person,

(ii) leaving it at or sending it by post to the person at that person’s last place of abode or an address given by that person at which service will be accepted, or

(iii) sending it to the person by electronic communication to such an address as may be notified by that person for that purpose.

(2) For the purpose of any legal proceedings, a notice given by the means described in paragraph (1)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii), unless the contrary is proved, is treated as served on the second business day after it was sent.

(3) A person who has notified an address for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii) must, by notice in writing to the Welsh Ministers, advise the Welsh Ministers of any change in that address; and the change takes effect on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the Welsh Ministers.

(4) A person who has notified an address for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a)(iii) or (b)(iii) may, by notice in writing to the Welsh Ministers, withdraw that notification; and the withdrawal takes effect on the third business day after the date on which the notice is received by the Welsh Ministers.

(5) Where a company registered outside the United Kingdom has an office in the United Kingdom, that office is treated for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a)(ii) as its principal office, and where it has more than one office in the United Kingdom its principal office in the United Kingdom is treated as its principal office for that purpose.”.