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Service of documents

25.—(1) A document that is permitted or required by this Act to be given to or served on a person may be given or served as described in this section.

(2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be given to or served on an individual may be given or served—

(a) by giving it to the individual personally;
(b) by sending it by post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address;
(c) by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there;
(d) by affixing a copy of the document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address;
(e) by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual; or
(f) by sending it by email to the individual’s last email address.

(3) A document permitted or required by this Act to be given to or served on a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be given or served—

(a) by giving it to any partner, secretary or other similar officer of the partnership;
(b) by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the partnership’s business address;
(c) by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the partnership’s business address; or
(d) by sending it by email to the partnership’s last email address.