The Aviation Statistics (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Service of documents

9.—(1) Anything served on a person under these Regulations must be in writing and may be served by—

(a) delivering it to the person,

(b) leaving it at the person’s proper address,

(c) posting it to the person, or

(d) (subject to the conditions in paragraph (3)) electronic communication.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a) where the person is a body corporate the document may be served on the secretary of that body;

(b) the proper address of any person is, in the case of a body corporate, the registered or principal office of that body or, in any other case, the last known address of the person.

(3) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(d) are that—

(a) the person on whom the notice or document is served (“the recipient”) has stated a willingness to receive that notice or document, or notices or documents generally, by means of an electronic communication,

(b) the statement has not been withdrawn, and

(c) the notice or document is transmitted to an electronic address specified by the recipient in the statement.

(4) A statement under paragraph (3)(a) may be withdrawn by serving a notice on the person to whom the statement was made.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—

(a) “electronic address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of receiving electronic communications;

(b) “electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another, or from a person to a device or vice versa)—

(i) by means of an electronic communications network, or

(ii) by other means but while in an electronic form.

(6) Anything served by electronic communication is served when it is received.