PART XVI

ASSISTANCE FOR OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE HOUSING

Supplementary provisions

Service of notices.
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1
A notice or other document under this Part may be given to or served on a person, and an application or written request under this Part may be made to a person—
a
by delivering it to him or leaving it at his proper address, or
b
by sending it to him by post,
and also, where the person concerned is a body corporate, by giving or making it to or serving it on the secretary of that body.
2
For the purposes of this section, and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 as it applies for the purposes of this section, the proper address of a person is—
a
in the case of a body corporate or its secretary, the address of the principal office of the body,
b
in any other case, his last known address,
and also, where an additional address for service has been specified by that person in a notice under section 548(2) (notice of intention to assume responsibility for repurchase), that address.
1978 c. 30.
Pt. XVI (Ss. 527–577) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22 and 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 61
Pt. XVI (Ss. 527–577) modified by S.I. 1986/797, regs. 2, 3–18
Pt. XVI (Ss. 527–577): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)
Pt. XVI (ss. 527-577) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 21(e) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5))
Pt. XVI (ss. 527-577) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(d)