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Rh :(b) the performance or purported performance of any function under this Act or the Regulations, if the act is done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith.

Service of documents

36.—(1) A document that is permitted or required by this Act or the Regulations to be given to or served on a person may be given or served as described in this section.

(2) A document permitted or required by this Act or the Regulations to be given to or served on an individual may be given or served —
 * (a) by giving it to the individual personally;
 * (b) by sending it by post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address;
 * (c) by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there;
 * (d) by affixing a copy of the document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address;
 * (e) by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual; or
 * (f) by sending it by email to the individual’s last email address.

(3) A document permitted or required by this Act or the Regulations to be given to or served on a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be given or served—
 * (a) by giving it to any partner, secretary or other similar officer of the partnership;
 * (b) by leaving it at, or by sending it by post to, the partnership’s business address;