Manner and time of service of notices
5.—(1) Any notice required to be given by the Scottish Ministers to the individual under these Regulations may be given in accordance with section 19 of the Act and where the notice is sent by post, it shall be sent by first class recorded delivery post properly addressed and prepaid to that individual’s last known address, and shall be deemed to have been received the day after the date of posting.
(2) Any notice required to be given to the referring body or to any organisation or other person under these Regulations shall be deemed to have been given or sent, if it was sent by first class recorded delivery post properly addressed and prepaid to the last notified address of the referring body or that organisation or other person and shall be deemed to have been received the day after the date of posting.
(3) If a period of notice expires on a day which is not a working day the period of notice shall be deemed to expire on the next working day after that day.