{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-7.31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018/article-7.31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/719",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/7.31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7.31",
  "heading": "Proof of delivery of documents",
  "text": "(1) A certificate complying with this rule is proof that a document has been duly delivered to the recipient in accordance with this Chapter unless the contrary is shown.\n(2) A certificate must state the method of delivery and the date of the sending, posting or delivery (as the case may be).\n(3) In the case of the housing administrator, the certificate must be given by—\n(a) the housing administrator;\n(b) the housing administrator’s solicitor; or\n(c) a partner or employee of either of them.\n(4) In the case of a person other than the housing administrator, the certificate must be given by that person and must state—\n(a) that the document was delivered by that person; or\n(b) that another person (named in the certificate) was instructed to deliver it.\n(5) A certificate under this rule may be endorsed on a copy of the document to which it relates.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 7.31 in force at 5.7.2018, see rule 1.1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/719/article/7.31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:44.383213+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."
}