{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-information-regulations-2008/schedule/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-information-regulations-2008/schedule/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2551",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Support Information Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-information-regulations-2008",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Proof of delivery",
  "text": "(1) An agreed electronic communication is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have resulted in delivery if—\n(a) in the case that it falls to be delivered to the Secretary of State, the delivery of the agreed electronic communication is recorded on an official computer system; or\n(b) in the case that it falls to be delivered by the Secretary of State, if the despatch of the agreed electronic communication is recorded on an official computer system.\n(2) An agreed electronic communication is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, not to have resulted in delivery if—\n(a) in the case that it falls to be delivered to the Secretary of State, the delivery of the agreed electronic communication is not recorded on an official computer system; or\n(b) in the case that it falls to be delivered by the Secretary of State, the despatch of that agreed electronic communication is not recorded on an official computer system.\n(3) The time and date of receipt of an agreed electronic communication is presumed to be that recorded on an official computer system, unless the contrary is proved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. inserted (26.5.2022) by The Child Support (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications and Information) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/503), regs. 1(2), 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2551/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:24:11.090952+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}