Rule 5 I1

In Part 4 (Service of documents) in rule 4.11 (Date of service) for paragraph (2)(d) substitute—

(d)

in the case of a document served by electronic means—

(i)

on the day on which the document is sent under rule 4.6(2)(a) or on which notice of its deposit is given under rule 4.6(2)(b), if that day is a business day and if the document is so sent or that notice is given by no later than 2.30pm that day,

(ii)

if the document is an application for permission to refer a sentencing case under rule 41.2 (Service of notice of reference and application for permission), on the day on which the document is so sent or on which notice of its deposit is so given if that day is a business day and if that document is sent or the notice given by no later than 5pm that day,

(iii)

in an extradition appeal case in the High Court, on the day on which the document is so sent or on which notice of its deposit is so given if that day is a business day and if the document is sent or the notice given by no later than 4.30pm that day (or by no later than midnight at the end of that day if the document is an appeal notice served under rule 50.19 (Service of appeal notice)),

(iv)

on the day of its deposit under rule 4.6(2)(b), if that day is a business day and if under rule 4.6(3)(b) no notice of deposit is required, or

(v)

otherwise, on the next business day after it was sent, deposited or such notice was given; and