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Licensing Act 2003

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184 Giving of notices, etc.

(1) This section has effect in relation to any document required or authorised by or under this Act to be given to any person (“relevant document”). (2) Where that person is a licensing authority, the relevant document must be given by addressing it to the authority and leaving it at or sending it by post to— (a) the principal office of the authority, or (b) any other office of the authority specified by it as one at which it will accept documents of the same description as that document. (3) In any other case the relevant document may be given to the person in question by delivering it to him, or by leaving it at his proper address, or by sending it by post to him at that address. (4) A relevant document may— (a) in the case of a body corporate (other than a licensing authority), be given to the secretary or clerk of that body; (b) in the case of a partnership, be given to a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business; (c) in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), be given to an officer of the association. (5) 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 any person to whom a relevant document is to be given is his last known address, except that— (a) in the case of a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it is the address of the registered office of that body or its principal office in the United Kingdom, (b) in the case of a partnership, a partner or a person having control or management of the partnership business, it is that of the principal office of the partnership in the United Kingdom, and (c) in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) or any officer of the association, it is that of its principal office in the United Kingdom. (6) But if a relevant document is given to a person in his capacity as the holder of a premises licence, club premises certificate or personal licence, or as the designated premises supervisor under a premises licence, his relevant registered address is also to be treated, for the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), as his proper address. (7) In subsection (6) “relevant registered address”, in relation to such a person, means the address given for that person in the record for the licence or certificate (as the case may be) which is contained in the register kept under section 8 by the licensing authority which granted the licence or certificate. (8) The following provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)do not apply in relation to the service of a relevant document— (a) section 231 (service of notices on local authorities etc.), (b) section 233 (service of notices by local authorities).

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184 Giving of notices, etc.

(1) This section has effect in relation to any document required or authorised by or under this Act to be given to any person (“relevant document”). (2) Where that person is a licensing authority, the relevant document must be given by addressing it to the authority and leaving it at or sending it by post to— (a) the principal office of the authority, or (b) any other office of the authority specified by it as one at which it will accept documents of the same description as that document. (3) In any other case the relevant document may be given to the person in question by delivering it to him, or by leaving it at his proper address, or by sending it by post to him at that address. (4) A relevant document may— (a) in the case of a body corporate (other than a licensing authority), be given to the secretary or clerk of that body; (b) in the case of a partnership, be given to a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business; (c) in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), be given to an officer of the association. (5) 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 any person to whom a relevant document is to be given is his last known address, except that— (a) in the case of a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it is the address of the registered office of that body or its principal office in the United Kingdom, (b) in the case of a partnership, a partner or a person having control or management of the partnership business, it is that of the principal office of the partnership in the United Kingdom, and (c) in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) or any officer of the association, it is that of its principal office in the United Kingdom. (6) But if a relevant document is given to a person in his capacity as the holder of a premises licence, club premises certificate or personal licence, or as the designated premises supervisor under a premises licence, his relevant registered address is also to be treated, for the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), as his proper address. (7) In subsection (6) “relevant registered address”, in relation to such a person, means the address given for that person in the record for the licence or certificate (as the case may be) which is contained in the register kept under section 8 by the licensing authority which granted the licence or certificate. (8) The following provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)do not apply in relation to the service of a relevant document— (a) section 231 (service of notices on local authorities etc.), (b) section 233 (service of notices by local authorities).

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