Regulation 22
1. The provisions of this Schedule apply to the service of a document except where a contrary provision applies under Schedule 6 (powers of enforcement).
2. A document must be in writing.
3. A document may be served on or given to a person by—
(a)delivering it to that person in person;
(b)leaving it at that person’s proper address, or
(c)sending it by post or electronic means to that person’s proper address.
4. In the case of a body corporate, a document may be served on or given to the secretary or clerk of that body.
5. In the case of a partnership, a document may be served on or given to a partner or a person having control or management of the partnership business.
6. If a person to be served with or given a document has specified an address in the United Kingdom (other than that person’s proper address) at which that person or someone on that person’s behalf will accept documents of that description, that address must instead be treated as that person’s proper address.
7. For the purposes of this Schedule, “proper address” means—
(a)in the case of a body corporate or their secretary or clerk—
(i)the registered or principal office of that body, or
(ii)the email address of the secretary or clerk;
(b)in the case of a partnership or a partner or person having control or management of the partnership business—
(i)the principal office of the partnership, or
(ii)the email address of a partner or a person having that control or management;
(c)in any other case, a person’s last known address, which includes an email address.
8. For the purposes of paragraph 7, the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership established outside the United Kingdom is their principal office in the United Kingdom.
9. Where an enforcing authority specifies an electronic address for submission of a document, it may be submitted electronically to that address.