5E+WFor the purposes of this Schedule a notice is to be deemed to have been duly given to a member of a council if—
(a)it is given in the mode in which notices to attend meetings of the council are usually given, or
(b)where there is no such mode, it is signed by the proper officer of the council and delivered to the member or left at his usual or last known place of abode in England or Wales, or sent by post in a prepaid registered letter, or letter sent by the recorded delivery service, addressed to the member at his usual or last-known place of abode in England or Wales.