Consumer Protection Act 1987
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Change 1
44 Service of documents etc.
(1) Any document required or authorised by virtue of this Act to be served on a person may be so served— (a) by delivering it to him or by leaving it at his proper address or by sending it by post to him at that address; or (b) if the person is a body corporate, by serving it in accordance with paragraph (a) above on the secretary or clerk of that body; or (c) if the person is a partnership, by serving it in accordance with that paragraph on a partner or on a person having control or management of the partnership business. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, and for the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relates to the service of documents by post) in its application to that subsection, the proper address of any person on whom a document is to be served by virtue of this Act shall be his last known address except that— (a) in the case of service on a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the body corporate; (b) in the case of service on a partnership or a partner or a person having the control or management of a partnership business, it shall be the principal office of the partnership; and for the purposes of this subsection the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom is its principal office within the United Kingdom. (3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the manner in which any information is to be given to any person under any provision of Part IV of this Act. (4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above regulations made by the Secretary of State may prescribe the person, or manner of determining the person, who is to be treated for the purposes of section ... 30 above as the person from whom any goods were ... seized where the goods were ... seized from a vending machine. (5) The power to make regulations under subsection (3) or (4) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament and shall include power— (a) to make different provision for different cases; and (b) to make such supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
44 Service of documents etc.
(1) Any document required or authorised by virtue of this Act to be served on a person may be so served— (a) by delivering it to him or by leaving it at his proper address or by sending it by post to him at that address; or (b) if the person is a body corporate, by serving it in accordance with paragraph (a) above on the secretary or clerk of that body; or (c) if the person is a partnership, by serving it in accordance with that paragraph on a partner or on a person having control or management of the partnership business. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, and for the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relates to the service of documents by post) in its application to that subsection, the proper address of any person on whom a document is to be served by virtue of this Act shall be his last known address except that— (a) in the case of service on a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the body corporate; (b) in the case of service on a partnership or a partner or a person having the control or management of a partnership business, it shall be the principal office of the partnership; and for the purposes of this subsection the principal office of a company registered outside the United Kingdom or of a partnership carrying on business outside the United Kingdom is its principal office within the United Kingdom. (3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for the manner in which any information is to be given to any person under any provision of Part IV of this Act. (4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above regulations made by the Secretary of State may prescribe the person, or manner of determining the person, who is to be treated for the purposes of section ... 30 above as the person from whom any goods were ... seized where the goods were ... seized from a vending machine. (5) The power to make regulations under subsection (3) or (4) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament and shall include power— (a) to make different provision for different cases; and (b) to make such supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
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