{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-amendment-rules-2021/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-amendment-rules-2021/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/557",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-amendment-rules-2021",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Service of documents",
  "text": "After Rule 101 insert—\n“Deemed service\n101A. A document sent or delivered in accordance with these Rules by a method specified in the first column of the following table is deemed to be received on the day specified in the second column—\nMethod\nDeemed date\nFirst class post\nThe second day after the document was posted or left with, delivered to or collected by the relevant service provider or, if that second day is not a business day, the next business day after that second day.\nDelivery to or leaving at proper address\nIf the document is delivered or left before 4.30pm on a business day, that day, or in any other case, the next business day.\nDocument exchange\nThe second day after the document was left with, delivered to or collected by the relevant service provider or, if that second day is not a business day, the next business day after that second day.\nElectronic means (where directed under Rule 101(1)(d))\nIf the document is sent before 4.30pm on a business day, that day, or in any other case, the next business day.\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/557/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:13:51.767805+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."
}