The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018

Notices – general provisions S

54.—(1) Any notice served or given under these Regulations by the Scottish Ministers or SEPA—

(a) must be in writing; and

(b) may be withdrawn, varied or revoked by a further notice in writing (whether before or after the notice has come into effect).

(2) Any notice may be served on or given to a person by leaving it at that person's proper address or by sending it by post to that person at that address [F1 or, where paragraph 2A applies, by being sent to the person using electronic communication].

[F2 (2A) This paragraph applies where, before the notice is served, SEPA and the person upon whom it is to be served agree in writing that the notice may be sent to the person by being transmitted to an agreed electronic address, and in an agreed electronic form.]

(3) Any such notice may—

(a) in the case of a body corporate, be served on a director, secretary, clerk or other officer of that body;

(b) in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), be served on or given to a partner or person having the control or management of the partnership business; and

(c) in the case of a limited liability partnership, be served on a member of the partnership.

(4) For the purpose of this regulation the proper address of a person is to be construed in accordance with section 26(4) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 M1 .

[F3 (5) Where a document is served as mentioned under paragraph (2) to a postal address in the United Kingdom or by electronic communication to an electronic address, it is to be taken to have been received 48 hours after it is sent unless the contrary is shown.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 54(2) inserted (1.6.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), regs. 1(3), 25(a) (with sch. 23)

F2 Reg. 54(2A) inserted (1.6.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), regs. 1(3), 25(a) (with sch. 23)

F3 Reg. 54(5) inserted (1.6.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), regs. 1(3), 25(b) (with sch. 23)

Marginal Citations

M1 2010 asp 10.