HC Deb 30 March 1988 vol 130 c1247

Amendments made: No. 25, in page 42, line 32, after `49', insert— '(1A) Any notice required or authorised to be served by the Secretary of State under Part I or II may be served by post.'. No. 26, in page 42, line 36, leave out from 'which' to end of line 41 and insert `a managing owner is for the time being registered under section 59(1) of the 1894 Act,'. No. 27, in page 42, line 44, leave out from 'owners' to end of line 46.

No. 28, in page 42, line 46, at end insert— `( ) For the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (service of documents by post) a letter containing—

  1. (a) a notice to be served on any person in pursuance of subsection (1) above, or
  2. (b) a notice required or authorised to be served under Part I on a representative person within the meaning of that Part,
shall be deemed to be properly addressed if it is addressed to that person at the address for the time being recorded in relation to him in the appropriate register; and a letter containing any other notice to which subsection (1A) above applies shall be deemed to be properly addressed if it is addressed to the last-known address of the person to be served (whether of his residence or of a place where he carries on business).'. No. 29, in page 43, line 1, at end insert— '"the appropriate register"—
  1. (a) in relation to a notice in respect of a registered ship, means the register in which the ship is registered under Part I of the 1894 Act, and
  2. (b) in relation to a notice in respect of a registered fishing vessel, means the register kept under Part II of this Act;'. —[Mr. David Mitchell.]

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