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Part L

18. Notices: general

(I)

Any notice required to be given to any person under the Order or these

Regulations may be -

(a)

delivered personally at his last known address;

(b)

left at or sent to him by ordinary post to his last known address; or

(c)

sent to him by facsimile or, with his consent, electronic mail.

(2)

Where the Order or these Regulations require the Commission to give any notice to any person and -

(a)

the Commission has taken the steps referred to in sub-regulation (1) to give notice to that person but has been unable to give such notice or in the

Commission's opinion there is doubt that it has been able to give such notice; or

(b)

the Commission is of the view that none of the steps referred to m sub-regulation (1 ), if taken, would give the required notice to that person, the

Commission may, instead, take one or both of the steps specified m sub-regulation (3).

(3)

The steps specified for the purposes of sub-regulation (2) are as follows -

(a)

publish a summary of the notice by means of entry in the register maintained by the Commission under regulation 23; and

(b)

cause a reference to the summary of the notice published in that register to be published in at least one national daily newspaper.

(4)

Except where sub-regulation (2) applies, where the Order or these

Regulations allow or require notice to be given to a person, the notice shall be treated as if it had been received by or served on that person -

(a)

in the case of personal delivery, on the day of delivery;

(b)

when left at the last known address, on the day of leaving;

(c)

when sent by ordinary post, on the working day after the day on which it was posted;

(d)

in the case ofa facsimile transmitted on a working day, on that day, or in any other case, on the working day after the day on which it is transmitted; or 70

(e)

in the case of electronic mail or similar means, on the working day after the day on which it is transmitted.

(5)

Where sub-regulation (2) applies, the notice shall be treated as having been given on the date of its publication in accordance with sub-regulation (3)(a) and (b).

( 6) Any notice given under the Order or these Regulations shall be in writing.

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