The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Scotland) Rules 2006

Notification

12.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this rule, any notice or other document required or authorised to be served or given under these Rules may be served or given–

(a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or to whom it is to be given,

(b) by sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to that person at that person’s usual or last known place of abode, or, in a case where an address for service has been given by that person, at that address,

(c) in a case where an address for service using electronic communications has been given by that person, by sending it using electronic communications, in accordance with the condition set out in paragraph (3), to that person at that address,

(d) in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at their registered or principal office, or sending it in a prepaid registered letter, or by the recorded delivery service, addressed to the secretary or clerk of the company or body at that office.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), notification in accordance with rule 6(2)(b) of a person holding a notifiable interest in neighbouring land may–

(a) in each case where the name and address of the owner, lessee or occupier can be ascertained from the valuation roll, be sent to such person at that person’s address as entered in the valuation roll;

(b) where information as to the owner, lessee or occupier of neighbouring land or of any premises contained or included in neighbouring land cannot be ascertained from the valuation roll, be sent addressed to “the Owner” at such land or premises where the name of the owner cannot be ascertained, to “the Lessee” at such land or premises where the name of the lessee cannot be ascertained and to “the Occupier” at such land or premises where the name of the occupier cannot be ascertained;

(c) in the case of lands and heritages not entered in the valuation roll at the date of the request, be sent addressed in each case to “the Owner”, and “the Occupier” at each address of the premises contained or included in the neighbouring land.

(3) The condition mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) is that the notice or other document shall be–

(a) capable of being accessed by the person mentioned in that provision;

(b) legible in all material respects; and

(c) in a form sufficiently permanent to be used for subsequent reference;

and for this purpose “legible in all material respects” means that the information contained in the notice or document is available to that person to no lesser extent than it would be if served or given by means of a notice or document in printed form.