SCHEDULE 2Service of documents
Service of application for housing administration3
1
An application to the court for a housing administration order must be served by delivering the documents as follows—
a
to the registered provider at its registered office or if its registered office is not practicable or it has no registered office at its last known principal place of business in England and Wales;
b
to any other person at that person’s proper address.
2
A person’s proper address is any which that person has previously notified as the address for service, but if that person has not notified such an address then the documents may be served at their usual or last known address.
3
Paragraph (4) sets out the proper address for service for an authorised deposit-taker who—
a
has appointed, or is or may be entitled to appoint, an administrative receiver of the registered provider; and
b
has not notified an address for service.
4
The proper address for service is—
a
that of an office of the authorised deposit-taker where the applicant knows the registered provider maintains a bank account; or
b
where the applicant does not know of any such office, the registered office; or
c
if there is no such registered office, the usual or last known address.