Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022
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Giving of notices | ||
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6. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), a notice that is required to be given to a person under this Act shall be in writing and addressed to the person concerned by name, and may be so given to the person in one or more than one of the following ways: | ||
(a) by delivering it to the person; | ||
(b) by leaving it at the address at which the person carries on business or ordinarily resides or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, at that address; | ||
(c) by sending it by post in a prepaid registered letter to the address at which the person carries on business or ordinarily resides or, in a case in which an address for service has been furnished, to that address; | ||
(d) where the address at which the person ordinarily resides cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry and the notice relates to land, by delivering it to a person over the age of 16 years resident or employed at the land, or by affixing it in a conspicuous position at or near the land; | ||
(e) by electronic means to the e-mail address of the person, in a case in which the person giving the notice concerned reasonably believes that the e-mail address is being used by the first mentioned person. | ||
(2) Where a notice under this Act is to be given to a person who is the owner or occupier of land and the name of the person cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry, it may be addressed to the person by using the words “the owner” or, as the case may require, “the occupier”. | ||
(3) Where a notice under this Act is to be given— | ||
(a) to the owner of land and there are 2 or more co-owners of the land, it shall be sufficient to give notice to one or more of those co-owners, or | ||
(b) to the occupier of land and there are 2 or more persons who share occupation of the land, it shall be sufficient to give notice to one or more of those persons. | ||
(4) For the purpose of this section, a company formed and registered under the Companies Act 2014 or an existing company within the meaning of that Act shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body of persons shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident at its principal office or place of business. |