Legislation – Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023
Changes to legislation:
Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, Section 205 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 November 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 205:
- s. 11(3) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(2)
- s. 58(4)(c) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(3)
- s. 88(4) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(4)
- s. 118(2)(f) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(5)
- s. 161(6) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(6)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 11(3) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(2)
- s. 58(4)(c) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(3)
- s. 88(4) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(4)
- s. 118(2)(f) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(5)
- s. 161(6) inserted by 2024 asc 3 Sch. 3 para. 15(6)
PART 7GENERAL
Service of documents
205Service of notices and other documents: general
(1)
This section applies where a provision contained in or made under this Act requires or authorises a notice or other document to be served on a person (whether the provision uses the word “serve” or “give” or any other term).
(2)
The document may be served on the person in any of the following ways—
(a)
by handing it to the person or, in the case of a person who is a body corporate, handing it to the secretary or clerk of the body at its registered or principal office;
(b)
by leaving it at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or, if the person has given an address for service, at that address;
(c)
by sending it by post in a pre-paid letter—
(i)
addressed to the person at the person’s usual or last known place of residence or, in the case of a person who is a body corporate, addressed to the secretary or clerk of the body at its registered or principal office, or
(ii)
if the person has given an address for service, addressed to the person at that address;
(d)
if the person has given an address for service using electronic communications, by sending it to the person at that address using an electronic communication which complies with the conditions in subsection (3).
(3)
The conditions are that the document is—
(a)
capable of being accessed by the person to whom it is sent,
(b)
legible in all material respects, and
(c)
capable of being used for subsequent reference.
(4)
Where an electronic communication is used to serve a document on a person and is received by the person outside the person’s business hours, the document is to be treated as having been served on the next working day.
(5)
See section 233 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) for additional provision about the methods by which local authorities may serve documents.