147Manner of giving notice

147 Manner of giving notice (1) Notice to terminate a tenancy may be given by being delivered personally to the tenant or to the landlord or the landlord's agent, as the case may be. (2) If the tenant is absent from the premises, or is evading service, notice to terminate may be given to the tenant by: (a) delivering it to an adult who appears to be residing on or in occupation of the premises; (b) if the person by whom the rent is usually paid appears to be an adult – delivering it to that person; (c) posting it up in a conspicuous place on a part of the premises; or (d) sending it by registered post to the tenant at the tenant's usual or last known place of residence or business.

Law of Property Act 2000 102 (3) If a tenant has died and probate or letters of administration of the tenant's estate have not been granted, it is sufficient to give notice to terminate: (a) if one or more persons appear to be residing on or in occupation of the premises – personally to any one of those persons who appears to be an adult; or (b) by publishing, on not less than 2 days, the notice in a daily newspaper circulating in the district where the premises is located. (4) If proceedings for the recovery of the possession of premises are commenced in reliance on a notice to terminate given in the manner specified in subsection (3)(a), an occupier of the premises or another person claiming an interest in the premises is entitled to appear in the proceedings. (5) The appearance of an occupier or other person claiming an interest in a proceeding referred to in subsection (4) is not of itself to be regarded as an act of administration, as intermeddling in the estate of the deceased tenant or as constituting the person so contesting the proceeding as an executor de son tort of the deceased tenant. (6) Nothing in this section affects the right of a landlord to give notice to terminate in a manner that is not in accordance with this section.