177Manner of giving notice

177 Manner of giving notice

177 Manner of giving notice

(1) A notice or other instrument required or authorised by this Act to be given to a person may be—

(a) given personally or by prepaid post, or

(b) left with a person who is apparently of or above the age of 16 years at the address last known to the Children’s Guardian of the person, or

(c) given by email to an email address specified by the person for the service of documents of that kind, or

(d) if no address of the person is known to the Children’s Guardian—published or otherwise given by a method prescribed by the regulations for the notice or instrument.

(2) If the notice or instrument is—

(a) sent by post, the notice or instrument is taken to have been given at the time the notice or instrument would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, or

(b) published or otherwise given under subsection (1)(d), the notice or instrument is taken to have been given at a time prescribed by the regulations.