Regulation 24

Where any provision of these Regulations or an Appeal Committee requires a document to be served personally for the purposes of any appeal proceedings, personal service of the document may be effected —

Where the person to be served is a corporation (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), paragraph (1)(a) is satisfied if the document is left with an officer of the corporation or unincorporated association (as the case may be) at its registered or principal office for the time being.

Where the person to be served is a partnership, paragraph (1)(a) is satisfied if the document is left with any partner for the time being.

If it appears to an Appeal Committee that it is impracticable for any reason to serve a document personally on a person, the Appeal Committee may, on the application of the party that is required to serve the document or of the Appeal Committee’s own initiative, make an order for substituted service of that document.

Substituted service of a document pursuant to an order made under paragraph (4) is effected by taking steps as directed by the Appeal Committee to bring that document to the notice of the person to be served.

For the purposes of paragraph (5), the steps which an Appeal Committee may direct to be taken for substituted service of a document to be effected include the use of any electronic means (including email or Internet transmission) that the Appeal Committee may specify.

The Secretary must at the request of an Appeal Committee, or may, at the request of any person serving a document, certify the steps taken to serve the document under these Regulations, including the date and manner of service.