The Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020

Notices

17.—(1) For the purposes of regulations 3, 6 and 13, any notice required to be served on a person may be served by—

(a) delivering it to that person;

(b) leaving it at that person’s proper address;

(c) sending it by post or fax to that person’s proper address;

(d) sending it by email to that person’s last known email address.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a notice is delivered to—

(a) a body corporate where it is given to an officer of that body;

(b) a partnership where it is given to a partner or person having control or management of the partnership;

(c) an unincorporated association where it is given to an officer or member of the governing body of the association or other person having management responsibilities in respect of the association.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), a notice is sent by email to—

(a) a body corporate, where it is sent to an email address of—

(i) the body corporate, or

(ii) an officer of that body,

where that address is supplied by that body for the conduct of the affairs of that body;

(b) a partnership, where it is sent to an email address of—

(i) the partnership; or

(ii) a partner or person having control or management of the partnership,

where that address is supplied by that partnership for the conduct of the affairs of that partnership;

(c) an unincorporated association where it is sent to an email address of—

(i) an officer or member of the governing body of the association, or

(ii) any other person having management responsibilities in respect of the association,

where that address is supplied by that association for the conduct of the affairs of that association.

(4) In paragraph (1)(b) and (c), “proper address” means, in the case of—

(a) a body corporate, the registered office (if it is in the United Kingdom) or the principal office of the body in the United Kingdom;

(b) a partnership, the principal office of the partnership in the United Kingdom;

(c) an unincorporated association, the principal office of the association in the United Kingdom;

(d) any other person, that person’s last known address.