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| Annual returns. |
31. - (1) Regulations may require the person carrying on an establishment or agency to make an annual return to the registration authority.
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(2) Provision may be made by the regulations as to the contents of the return and the period in respect of which and date by which it is to be made.
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| Liquidators etc. |
32. - (1) Regulations may-
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(a) require any person to whom this section applies to give notice of his appointment to the registration authority; |
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(b) require any person to whom this section applies to appoint a person to manage the establishment or agency in question. |
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(2) This section applies to any person appointed as-
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(a) a receiver or manager of the property of a relevant company; |
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(b) the liquidator or provisional liquidator of a relevant company; or |
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(c) the trustee in bankruptcy of a relevant individual. |
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(3) In this section-
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"company" includes a partnership; |
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"relevant company" means a company which is registered under this Part in respect of an establishment or agency; and |
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"relevant individual" means an individual who is registered under this Part in respect of an establishment or agency. |
| Death of registered person. |
33. - (1) Regulations may-
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(a) provide for the provisions of this Part to apply with prescribed modifications in cases where a person who was the only person registered under this Part in respect of an establishment or agency has died; |
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(b) require the personal representatives of a deceased person who was registered in respect of an establishment or agency to notify the registration authority of his death. |
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(2) Regulations under subsection (1)(a) may in particular-
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(a) provide for the establishment or agency to be carried on for a prescribed period by a person who is not registered in respect of it; and |
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(b) include provision for the prescribed period to be extended by such further period as the registration authority may allow. |
| Provision of copies of registers. |
34. - (1) Subject to subsection (3), the registration authority shall secure that copies of any register kept for the purposes of this Part are available at its offices for inspection at all reasonable times by any person.
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(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any person who asks the registration authority for a copy of, or of an extract from, a register kept for the purposes of this Part shall be entitled to have one.
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(3) Regulations may provide that subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply-
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(a) in such circumstances as may be prescribed; or |
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(b) to such parts of a register as may be prescribed. |
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(4) A fee determined by the registration authority shall be payable for the copy except-
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(a) in prescribed circumstances; |
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(b) in any other case where the registration authority considers it appropriate to provide the copy free of charge. |
| Service of documents. |
35. - (1) Any notice or other document required under this Part to be served on a person carrying on or managing, or intending to carry on or manage, an establishment or agency may be served on him-
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(a) by being delivered personally to him; or |
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(b) by being sent by post to him in a registered letter or by the recorded delivery service at his proper address. |
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(2) For the purposes of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which defines "service by post") a letter addressed to a person carrying on or managing an establishment or agency enclosing a notice or other document under this Act shall be deemed to be properly addressed if it is addressed to him at the establishment or agency.
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(3) Where a notice or other document is served as mentioned in subsection (1)(b), the service shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been effected on the third day after the day on which it is sent.
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(4) Any notice or other document required to be served on a body corporate or a firm shall be duly served if it is served on the secretary or clerk of that body or a partner of that firm.
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(5) For the purposes of this section, and of section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 in its application to this section, without prejudice to subsection (2) above, the proper address of a person shall be-
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(a) in the case of a secretary or clerk of a body corporate, that of the registered or principal office of that body; |
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(b) in the case of a partner of a firm, that of the principal office of the firm; and |
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(c) in any other case, the last known address of the person. |
