This section applies where provision made (in whatever terms) by or under this Act authorises or requires a notice, direction or any other document (including a copy of a document) to be given to a person.
The notice, direction or document may be given to the person—
The notice, direction or document may be given to a body corporate by being given to the secretary or clerk of that body.
The notice, direction or document may be given to a partnership by being given to—
The notice, direction or document may be given to any other unincorporated body by being given to a member of the governing body of the unincorporated body.
For the purposes of this section, and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) (service of documents by post) in its application to this section, the proper address of a person is—
In the case of—
the references in subsection (6) to its principal office include references to its principal office within the United Kingdom (if any).
This section has effect subject to section 203 (notices, directions and documents in electronic form).