(1)Any notice required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on any person may be served either—
(a)by delivering it to that person; or
(b)by leaving it at his proper address; or
(c)by post;
so however that where a notice is served by post otherwise than in a registered letter, service shall not be deemed to have been effected if it is proved that the notice was not received by the person to whom it was addressed.
(2)Any such notice required or authorised to be served upon an incorporated company or body shall be duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of the company or body.
(3)For the purposes of this section and of [F1section 7 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978], the proper address of any person on whom such a notice as aforesaid is to be served shall in the case of the secretary or clerk of an incorporated company or body be that of the registered or principal office of the company or body, and in any other case be the last known address of the person to be served.
(4)Where the name of a person carrying on an undertaking at any premises is not known, then, if any such notice as aforesaid is sent by post in a registered letter so addressed as to show the name in which and the premises at which the undertaking is carried on, the letter shall be deemed for the purposes of the said [F1section 7] to be properly addressed.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1References to registered letter to be construed as including references to letter sent by recorded delivery service: Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962 (c. 27), s. 1(1)(2), Sch. para. 1
Marginal Citations