Guardianship Act 1987

Any notice or other instrument required or authorised by this Act to be served on a person is sufficiently served if the notice or other instrument is—

delivered personally to the person,

left with a person who is apparently of or above the age of 16 years at, or sent by prepaid post to, the address last known to the Secretary of the person on whom the notice or other instrument is to be served, or

where no address of the person is known to the Secretary, published or otherwise dealt with as may be prescribed by the regulations.

If such a notice or instrument is—

sent by post as referred to in subsection (1) (b), it shall be deemed to have been served at the time it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, or

published or otherwise dealt with as referred to in subsection (1) (c), it shall be deemed to have been served at such time as may be prescribed by the regulations.

Any notice required or authorised by this Act to be served on a person is sufficiently served if the notice is sent to the person by electronic means and received through an information system designated by or on behalf of the person as the system to be used for the purpose of receiving the notice.

This section does not affect any other provision of this Act relating to the service of notices or other instruments.