SCHEDULE 1CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS MAINTENANCE OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN

Service of contribution notice

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(1)

A contribution notice required under this Schedule to be served on a contributor may be served on the contributor—

(a)

by being delivered personally to the contributor, or

(b)

by being sent to the contributor—

(i)

by a registered post service (as defined by section 125(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000), or

(ii)

by a postal service which provides for the delivery of the document to be recorded.

(2)

For the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to this paragraph, a contributor's proper address is the contributor's last known address.