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29.—(1) Where the revenue collection counterparty is permitted or required to issue a notice (including a copy of a notice) to a person, that notice must be in writing and is issued if it has been sent (by or on behalf of the revenue collection counterparty) by post or electronic means to that person’s proper address.
(2) In paragraph (1), “proper address” means—
(a)in the case of a body corporate—
(i)the registered or principal office of that person, or
(ii)an email address provided (and not withdrawn) by that person;
(b)in the case of a partnership—
(i)the principal office of the partnership, or
(ii)an email address provided (and not withdrawn) by—
(aa)that partnership,
(bb)a partner, or
(cc)a person having control or management of the partnership business;
(c)in the case of any other person, that person’s last known address, which includes an email address (where that email address was provided, and has not been withdrawn, by that person).
(3) So as to enable the revenue collection counterparty to discharge its functions under these Regulations, an electricity supplier must, within 2 working days of first making an electricity supply after the first payment period start date, provide an email address to the revenue collection counterparty at which it can be contacted, and if that supplier subsequently changes that email address it must notify the revenue collection counterparty of that change.
(4) Where the revenue collection counterparty issues a notice to an electricity supplier under regulation 5(3)(a) or (b) it must set out an address and an email address for correspondence in that notice.
(5) An electricity supplier may give a notice to the revenue collection counterparty by sending it by post or electronic means to the address or email address contained in the most recent notice issued to that supplier under regulation 5(3)(a) or (b).
(6) Where the revenue collection counterparty is required to publish any information under these Regulations the revenue collection counterparty must publish that information in such manner as the revenue collection counterparty considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing it to the attention of persons who may be affected by that information.