The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005

Service of notices

17.—(1) In this regulation—

“electronic communication” means a communication transmitted—

(a)

by means of an electronic communications network; or

(b)

by other means but while in electronic form; and

“written document” includes an application, a permit, information, data, evidence, a representation or a notice under these Regulations or a copy thereof.

(2) A written document may be sent, given or issued to the intended recipient by—

(a) delivering it to him; or

(b) leaving it at his proper address; or

(c) sending it by post to him at that address.

(3) A written document may be sent, given or issued—

(a) to a body corporate by being sent, given or issued to its secretary or clerk;

(b) to a firm (including a Scottish partnership) by being sent, given or issued to a partner in the firm or to a person having management or control of the partnership business;

(c) to an unincorporated body by being sent, given or issued to a member of its governing body.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978(1) in its application to this regulation, the proper address (except in a case falling within paragraph (7) of this regulation) of—

(a) the Secretary of State is the address of the principal office of the holder of the office of Secretary of State who for the time being exercises the functions of the Secretary of State under these regulations;

(b) a body corporate is the address of its registered or principal office;

(c) a firm (including a Scottish partnership) or unincorporated body is the address of its principal office;

(d) any other person is his last known address.

(5) Where, by virtue of the above provisions of this regulation, the proper address of the intended recipient of a written document is outside the United Kingdom, references in this regulation to the proper address of—

(a) a body corporate, firm or unincorporated body include its principal office (if any) in the United Kingdom;

(b) any other person includes his last known address in the United Kingdom unless he is known no longer to have an address in the United Kingdom).

(6) If the person to whom a written document is to be sent, given or issued has furnished the person by whom the written document is to be sent, given or issued with an address pursuant to any provision of these Regulations, that address shall also be treated for the purpose of this regulation as his proper address.

(7) Where a written document is to be sent, given or issued by means of an electronic communication, the proper address of any person includes the number or address which he has indicated is to be used by him for receipt of the communication.

(8) This regulation is without prejudice to any other lawful method of giving or serving notice.

(1)

1978 c. 30.