38Notice
(1)A requirement under section 37 is to be imposed on a person by the Clerk giving the person notice in writing specifying—
(a)whether the requirement is imposed for the purposes of the Assembly or a specified committee or sub-committee, and
(b)the matters mentioned in either paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (2).
(2)Those matters are—
(a)the time and place at which the person is to attend and the particular subject concerning which the person is required to give evidence;
(b)the documents, or types of documents, which the person is to produce, the date by which and person to whom they are to be produced and the particular subject concerning which they are required.
(3)Notice under subsection (1) is to be given—
(a)in the case of an individual, by sending it in accordance with subsection (4) addressed to the person at the person’s usual or last known address or, where the person has given an address for service of the notice, at that address, or
(b)in any other case, by so sending it addressed to the person at the person’s registered or principal office.
(4)A notice is sent in accordance with this subsection if it is sent—
(a)by a registered post service (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26)), or
(b)by a postal service which provides for its delivery by post to be recorded.
(5)If a direction is issued under subsection (6) of section 37 in relation to a requirement imposed under subsection (1) of that section, the person or persons by whom it is issued must give notice in writing that the direction has been issued—
(a)if the requirement was imposed for the purposes of the Assembly, to the Presiding Officer, and
(b)otherwise, to the person who chairs the committee or sub-committee for the purposes of which it was imposed.