Section 16: Further provision about giving notices under sections 13 to 15
This section makes further provision about the service of a prohibition notice or premises notice or the withdrawal of such a notice. It is intended that notices will be given in writing. A notice takes effect when it is given (subsection (2)).Where the notice is handed to the respondent or left at the respondent's proper address, this means that it takes effect immediately. Service of a notice by post attracts the provisions of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 which provides that the service is deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre-paying and posting a letter containing the document and, unless the contrary is proved, to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post. Where a notice is served by electronic means (and it may only be served by such means if the respondent has consented to service by this method), it will deemed to have been given at 9am on the working day (the definition of which excludes weekends and public holidays in any part of the UK) after it was sent.