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Regulation 57 Commission’s power to accept document not properly deliveredI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Commission may—

(a)

accept; and

(b)

in any relevant case, issue a certificate of notification in relation to,

a document or information that does not comply with the requirements for proper delivery in regulation 56.

(2)

No objection may be taken to the legal consequences of a document or information being accepted by the Commission under this regulation on the grounds that the requirements for proper delivery were not met.

(3)

The acceptance by the Commission of a document or information under this regulation does not affect—

(a)

the continuing obligation to comply with the requirements for proper delivery; and

(b)

subject to paragraph (4), any liability for failure to comply with those requirements.

(4)

For the purposes of any qualifying provision the period after the document or information is accepted does not count as a period during which there is a default in complying with the requirements for delivery.

(5)

In this regulation “qualifying provision” means a provision which imposes a daily default fine for failure to send or supply the document or information.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 57 in force at 2.1.2013, see reg. 1