Prospective

29Means of giving noticesU.K.

(1)A notice under this Part may be given to a person by—

(a)delivering it by hand to the person,

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

(c)sending it by post to the person at that address, or

(d)sending it to their email address.

(2)A notice to a body corporate may be given in accordance with subsection (1) to any officer or, if the body’s affairs are managed by its members, to any member.

(3)A notice to a limited partnership may be given in accordance with subsection (1) to any general partner.

(4)A notice to any other partnership may be given in accordance with subsection (1) to any partner.

(5)A notice to any other unincorporated association may be given in accordance with subsection (1) to any person who is concerned in the management or control of the association.

(6)A person’s proper address is—

(a)in a case where the person has specified an address in the United Kingdom as one at which the person, or someone acting on the person’s behalf, will accept service of notices or other documents, that address;

(b)in any other case, the address determined in accordance with subsection (7).

(7)A person’s proper address is (if subsection (6)(a) does not apply)—

(a)in the case of a body corporate (including a notice given to an officer or member of the body), the address of its registered or principal office;

(b)in the case of a partnership (including a notice given to a partner), the address of its principal office;

(c)in the case of any other unincorporated association (including a notice given to a person who is concerned in the management or control of the association), its principal office;

(d)in a case where none of paragraphs (a) to (c) apply, any address at which the person giving the notice believes, on reasonable grounds, that the notice will come to the attention of the person.

(8)A person’s email address is—

(a)any email address published for the time being by that person as an address for contacting that person;

(b)if there is no such published address, any email address by means of which the person giving the notice believes, on reasonable grounds, that the notice will come to the attention of that person.

(9)In the case of—

(a)a body corporate registered outside the United Kingdom,

(b)a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom, or

(c)any other unincorporated association with an office outside the United Kingdom,

references to its principal office include references to its principal office in the United Kingdom or, if it has no principal office in the United Kingdom, any place in the United Kingdom where it carries on its business or conducts its activities.

(10)A notice sent to a person by email is, unless the contrary is proved, to be treated as having been given at 9am on the working day immediately following the day on which it was sent.

(11)In subsection (10) “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.