343.—(1) A notice or other document required or authorised by any provision of these Regulations to be served on a person, or to be given or sent to a person, may be served, given or sent—
(a)by delivering it to the person;
(b)by sending it by post to the person's usual or last known residence or place of business in the United Kingdom;
(c)in the case of a body corporate, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the body corporate at its registered or principal office or by sending it by post to the secretary or clerk of the body corporate at that office; or
(d)in the case of a Scottish partnership by delivering it to a partner or by sending it by post to the address of the principal office of the partnership; or
(e)if the person consents in writing to the use of electronic communication, by a means of electronic communication.
(2) Where a notice or other document is sent by means of electronic communication it is treated for the purposes of these Regulations as received on the day on which it is sent, unless the contrary is proved.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 343 applied (with modifications) by The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1031), reg 47(1), Sch. 9 (as substituted (14.8.2012) by S.I. 2012/1916, reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 paras. 57(b), 64 (with Sch. 32))