Part 3: Enforcement of consumer protection law Chapter 6: Investigatory Powers Schedule 17: Investigatory powers Paragraph 4: Means of giving notices
Paragraph 4 inserts new paragraph 17B in Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act which sets out the process by which enforcers may give notices to persons under Part 3 of Schedule 5, including to business entities registered or operating outside the UK.
	Paragraph 17B, subparagraph (2) sets out four main means of service applicable to notices to be given to any person whether an individual or an artificial entity (referred to here, in either case, as the ‘recipient’).
	Paragraph 17B, subparagraphs (6) and (7) expand on the meaning of a recipient’s proper address for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b) and (c), including, in relation to partnerships and any other type of firm, provision for service to the recipient’s principal office.
	Paragraph 17B, subparagraph (8) expands on the meaning of a recipient’s email address for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(d).
	Paragraph 17B, subparagraphs (7) and (8) respectively provide, where no other definition of the recipient’s proper address or (as the case may be) the recipient’s email address applies, for service to an address, or email address, by means of which the enforcer reasonably believes that the notice will come to the attention of the recipient.
	Paragraph 17B, subparagraphs (3) to (5) provide that service on each of the listed kinds of business entity can be effected by serving on an individual with the specified office or role in relation to the entity. The means of service provided for service on recipients in subparagraph (2) and related subparagraphs equally apply for the purposes of service on the specified individual.