Service of notices4
1
Without prejudice to section 233 of the Local Government Act 197212 (service of notice by local authorities) and subject to paragraph (4), a billing authority may serve a notice on any person to whom paragraph 5(1D) of Schedule 9 to the Act applies—
a
by hand delivering it to the person;
b
by leaving it at the person’s proper address;
c
by sending it to the person’s proper address by post;
d
by sending it to the person by electronic communication.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person’s proper address is—
a
in the case of a body corporate, the address of the registered or principal office of the body;
b
in the case of a partnership, the address of the principal office of the partnership;
c
in any other case, the person’s last known address.
3
The notice is to be treated as having been hand delivered under paragraph (1)(a)—
a
in the case of a body corporate, if it is hand delivered to the secretary or clerk of the body;
b
in the case of a partnership, if it is hand delivered to a partner or a person having control or management of the partnership business.
4
Where any notice is to be served on a person specified in paragraph 5(1D)(a) or (b) of Schedule 9 to the Act, such notice may be addressed by the description of “owner” or “occupier” of the hereditament, without further name or description.