38Service of notices etc

38 Service of notices etc

(1) A notice by or on behalf of the Registrar may be served on a person: (a) if the person is a natural person: (i) by serving it personally on the person; or (ii) by leaving it at the person’s address for service; or (iii) by sending it by pre‑paid post to the person’s address for service; or (b) if the person is a corporation: (i) by leaving it at the person’s address for service; or (ii) by leaving it at, or sending it by pre‑paid post to, the head office, a registered office or a principal office of the corporation. (2) If service has been attempted by pre‑paid post, unless the contrary is proved, service is taken to have been effected at the time when the notice would, in the ordinary course of the post, have arrived at the place to which it was addressed. (3) For subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) or (b)(i), if the person has consented to receiving the notice, or notices of that kind, by electronic communication, the notice is taken to have been left at the address for service if it has been delivered by electronic communication. (4) In this regulation:

consent has the meaning given by section 5 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.

electronic communication has the meaning given by section 5 of the Electronic Transactions Act 1999.

notice includes any kind of communication.