109 Service of documents
Electricity Act 1989 (1989 c 29) | Legislation

109  Service of documents

(1)     Any document required or authorised by virtue of this Act to be served on any person may be 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 of that body; or

(c)     if the person is a partnership, by serving it in accordance with paragraph (a) above on a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business.

(2)     For the purposes of this section and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relates to the service of documents by post) in its application to this section, the proper address of any person on whom a document is to be served shall be his last known address, except that—

(a)     in the case of service on a body corporate or its secretary, it shall be the address of the registered or principal office of the body;

(b)

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