PART 5

GENERAL

Giving notices and other documents

General provision about giving notices etc.
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1
This section applies where a provision of this Act, or of regulations made under it, requires or authorises a notice or other document to be given to a person (whether the provision uses the expression “give” or any other expression).
2
The document may be given by—
a
handing it to the person,
b
leaving it at the person’s proper address,
c
sending it by post to the person at that address, or
d
sending it by email to the person’s email address.
3
A document is given in accordance with subsection (2)(a)—
a
if the person is a body corporate, by handing it to an officer of the body,
b
if the person is a partnership, by handing it to a partner, or
c
if the person is an unincorporated association other than a partnership, by handing it to a member of the governing body of the association.
4
For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) and (c), the proper address of a person is—
a
in the case of a body corporate, the address of the body’s registered or principal office in the United Kingdom;
b
in the case of a partnership, the address of the principal office of the partnership in the United Kingdom;
c
in any other case, the last known address of the person (whether of the person’s residence or of a place where the person carries on business or is employed) or, if the person has provided an address at which documents may be given under this Act, that address.
5
For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), a person’s email address is—
a
any email address published for the time being by that person as an address for contacting that person, or
b
if there is no such published address, any email address at which the person has agreed to receive documents or has agreed to receive the document.
6
In this section—
- “agreed” (“wedi cytuno”) means agreed in writing;
- “officer” (“swyddog”), in relation to a body corporate, means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body.
7
Sections 231 and 233 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) do not apply to documents to be given to or by a local authority under this Act.
8
This section does not apply where a provision of this Act, or of regulations made under it, requires or authorises a notice or other document to be given to the Crown.