(1)This section has effect in relation to any notice, directions or other document required or authorised by or under any provision of this Act or by the rules of a building society to be served on any person other than the Commission and the central office but subject, in the case of notices or other documents to be given or sent to members of a building society, to any provision of its rules.
[F1(1A)This section also has effect in relation to any notice or other document required or authorised by or under any provision of the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 to be served on any person by the Commission.]
(2)Any such document may be served on the person in question—
(a)by delivering it to him;
(b)by leaving it at his proper address; or
(c)by sending it by post to him at that address.
(3)Any such document may—
(a)in the case of a building society, be served on the secretary of the society;
(b)in the case of a body corporate (other than a building society), be served on the secretary or clerk of that body;
(c)in the case of a partnership, be served on any partner;
(d)in the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, be served on any member of its governing body.
(4)For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978 (service of documents) in its application to this section, the proper address of any person is—
(a)in the case of a building society or its secretary, the address of its principal office;
(b)in the case of a member of a building society, his registered address;
(c)in the case of a director or the chief executive of a building society, his officially notified address;
(d)in the case of a body corporate (other than a building society) its secretary or clerk, the address of its registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;
(e)in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) or a member of its governing body, its principal office in the United Kingdom;
and, in any other case, his last-known address (whether of his residence or of a place where he carries on business or is employed).