# The Education Administration Rules 2018, Article 7.24: Postal delivery of documents


(1) A document is delivered if it is sent by post in accordance with the provisions of this rule.
(2) First class or second class post may be used to deliver a document.
(3) Unless the contrary is shown—
(a) a document sent by first class post is treated as delivered on the second business day after the day on which it is posted;
(b) a document sent by second class post is treated as delivered on the fourth business day after the day on which it is posted;
(c) where a post-mark appears on the envelope in which a document was posted, the date of that post-mark is to be treated as the date on which the document was posted.
(4) In this rule “post-mark” means a mark applied by a postal operator which records the date on which a letter entered the postal system of the postal operator.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1135/article/7.24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-administration-rules-2018/article-7.24
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