# The Immigration (Claimant’s Credibility) Regulations 2004, Regulation 4: Presumptions about receipt of notice


(1) For the purpose of section 8(5) of the 2004 Act notice of an immigration decision shall, unless the contrary is proved, be treated as received;
(a) where the notice is sent by postal service in which delivery or receipt is recorded to an address, on the recorded date of delivery or receipt, or on the second day after the day it was posted, whichever is the earlier;
(b) in any other case in which the notice is sent by postal service on the second day after the day it was posted; or
(c) in any other case, on the day and time that it was communicated orally, given by hand or sent by electronic mail or fax.
(2) For the purposes of determining the second day after a notice is posted under paragraph (1) (a) and (b) any day which is not a business day shall be excluded.
(3) In this regulation “business day” means any day other than Saturday or Sunday, a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in the part of the United Kingdom from or to which the notice is sent, Christmas Day or Good Friday.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3263/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-claimants-credibility-regulations-2004/regulation-4
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