Service of notices
26.—(1) Any notice to be given by the enforcement authority under regulation 9, 10, 11, 17, 22 or 25—
(a)must be in writing and signed by an authorised officer acting on behalf of the enforcement authority;
(b)if purporting to bear the signature (which includes a facsimile of a signature by whatever means reproduced) of a person who is expressed to be an authorised officer, shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proven, to have been duly issued by such an authorised officer;
(c)subject to paragraph (2), must be given to the feed business operator or to the person mentioned in regulation 25(2)(a) by—
(i)delivering it to that person;
(ii)by leaving it, or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at his office;
(iii)in the case of an incorporated company or body, by delivering it to their secretary or clerk at their registered or principal office, or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that office; or
(iv)in the case of any other person by leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at his usual or last known residence.
(2) Where it is not practicable after reasonable enquiry to ascertain the name and address of the person on whom the notice should be served, or where the premises in which a feed business is carried on are unoccupied, the notice may be addressed to the “owner” or “occupier” of the premises in which the feed is situated, and delivered to some person on those premises, or if there is no person on the premises to whom it can be delivered, by affixing it or a copy of it to some conspicuous part of the premises.