The Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014

Notices

32.—(1) Any notice served under these Regulations must be in writing and may be amended, suspended or revoked in writing at any time.

(2) A notice may be served on or given to a person by—

(a) personal delivery;

(b) leaving it at the person’s proper address; or

(c) sending it by post or by electronic means to the person’s proper address.

(3) In the case of a body corporate, a notice may be served on or given to an officer of that body.

(4) In the case of a partnership, a notice may be served on or given to a partner or a person having control or management of the partnership business.

(5) In the case of an unincorporated association, a notice may be served on or given to an officer of the association.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978(1) (service of documents by post) to the extent that it applies, “proper address” means—

(a) in the case of a body corporate or an officer of that body—

(i) the registered or principal office of that body, or

(ii) the email address of the officer;

(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 the partner or person having that control or management;

(c) in the case of an unincorporated association or an officer of the association—

(i) the office of the association, or

(ii) the email address of the officer;

(d) in any other case, a person’s last known address, which includes an email address.

(7) For the purposes of paragraph (6), the principal office of a body corporate registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership or Scottish partnership established outside the United Kingdom is its principal office in the United Kingdom.

(8) If the name or address of any occupier of premises on whom a notice is to be served or given under these Regulations cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be ascertained, the notice may be served by leaving it conspicuously affixed to a building or object on the premises.

(9) A notice may require any action that an inspector reasonably believes is necessary for controlling the spread of disease.

(10) A notice may specify that a person in receipt of it must immediately inform an inspector of its safe receipt.

(11) A person must comply with the terms of any notice served, given or displayed under these Regulations.

(12) In this regulation—

“body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership;

“director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate;

“officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate;

“partnership” includes a Scottish partnership, but does not include a limited liability partnership.

(1)

1978 c. 30.