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Deer (Scotland) Act 1996

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As published

16 Service of notices.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any notice for the purposes of this Act shall be in writing, and any notice or other document required or authorised by or under this Act to be given to or served on any person shall be duly given or served if it is delivered to him or left at his proper address or sent to him by post or, where subsection (1A) below applies, sent to him at a specified number or address. (1A) Any notice for the purposes of sections 10(7) and (8), 15(2)(a) , 40(1) and 40A(1) of this Act, may be by electronic communication (as defined in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (c. 7) ), which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced. (1B) Any notice to which subsection (1A) above applies may be given to or served on a person by such an electronic communication only if– (a) the person consents in writing to the receipt of a notice of the kind in question from the sender by electronic communication sent to a specified number or address, and (b) the communication is sent to the number or address in question. (2) Any such notice or other document required or authorised to be served on any person for the purposes of this Act shall be duly served, if that person is an incorporated company or body, if it is served on the clerk or secretary of that company or body. (3) For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978, the proper address of any person on whom any such notice or document is to be served shall, in the case of the clerk or secretary of any incorporated company or body, be that of the registered or principal office of such company or body, and in any other case be the last known address of the person in question. (4) Where any notice or other document is to be given to or served on a person as being the person having any interest in land and it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain his name or address, the notice or document may be given or served by addressing it to him by the description of the person having that interest in the land (naming it) and delivering the notice or document to some responsible person on the land or by affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous object on the land. (5) Nothing in this section shall require SNH to give written notice of its intention to issue an authorisation in pursuance of section 10 of this Act.

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16 Service of notices.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any notice for the purposes of this Act shall be in writing, and any notice or other document required or authorised by or under this Act to be given to or served on any person shall be duly given or served if it is delivered to him or left at his proper address or sent to him by post or, where subsection (1A) below applies, sent to him at a specified number or address. (1A) Any notice for the purposes of sections 10(7) and (8), 15(2)(a) , 40(1) and 40A(1) of this Act, may be by electronic communication (as defined in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (c. 7) ), which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced. (1B) Any notice to which subsection (1A) above applies may be given to or served on a person by such an electronic communication only if– (a) the person consents in writing to the receipt of a notice of the kind in question from the sender by electronic communication sent to a specified number or address, and (b) the communication is sent to the number or address in question. (2) Any such notice or other document required or authorised to be served on any person for the purposes of this Act shall be duly served, if that person is an incorporated company or body, if it is served on the clerk or secretary of that company or body. (3) For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978, the proper address of any person on whom any such notice or document is to be served shall, in the case of the clerk or secretary of any incorporated company or body, be that of the registered or principal office of such company or body, and in any other case be the last known address of the person in question. (4) Where any notice or other document is to be given to or served on a person as being the person having any interest in land and it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain his name or address, the notice or document may be given or served by addressing it to him by the description of the person having that interest in the land (naming it) and delivering the notice or document to some responsible person on the land or by affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous object on the land. (5) Nothing in this section shall require SNH to give written notice of its intention to issue an authorisation in pursuance of section 10 of this Act.

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