17.—(1) Any notice which is authorised to be served on a notifier under regulation 8 above or on a consignee under regulation 9 above may be served on the person in question either by delivering it to him, or by leaving it at his proper address, or by sending it by post to him at that address.
(2) Any such notice may—
(a)in the case of a body corporate, be served on the secretary or clerk of that body; and
(b)in the case of a partnership, be served on a partner or a person having the control or management of that partnership business.
(3) For the purpose of this regulation and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (service of documents by post)(1)in its application to this regulation, the proper address of any person on whom a notice is to be served shall be the address given for him on the consignment note relating to the shipment of waste in connection with which the notice is to be served.