The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Service of Notices) Regulations 2001

Proper address for service

4.—(1) The proper address—

(a) in the case of any person who is required by any provision of or made under the Act to provide to the Authority an address of a place in the United Kingdom for the service of documents, is the address so provided, and

(b) in the case of a person to whom no such requirement applies and subject to paragraph (3), is any current address provided by that person as an address for service of relevant documents.

(2) In the case of any person who has not provided an address as mentioned in paragraph (1), the proper address is the last known address of that person (whether of his residence, or of a place where he carries on business or is employed), or any address under such of the following provisions as may be applicable—

(a) in the case of a body corporate (other than a limited liability partnership), its secretary or its clerk, the address of its registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;

(b) in the case of a limited liability partnership or any of its designated members, the address of its registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;

(c) in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) or any of its partners, the address of its principal office in the United Kingdom;

(d) in the case of an unincorporated association other than a partnership, or its governing body, the address of its principal office in the United Kingdom;

(e) in the case of a member of a designated professional body, if the member does not have a place of business in the United Kingdom, the address of that body.

(3) Where the address mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) is situated in a country or territory other than the United Kingdom, a relevant authority may give a relevant document by leaving it at, or posting it to, any applicable address of a place in the United Kingdom falling within paragraph (2).