# The Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Rules (Northern Ireland) 2013, Article 4: Interpretation and application


(1) Any requirement under these Rules that a document is given or sent to the inquiry or a member of the inquiry team is satisfied by that document being—
(a) left at the inquiry’s designated postal address;
(b) sent to the inquiry’s designated postal address by first class post;
(c) faxed from the sender’s designated fax number to the inquiry’s designated fax number; or
(d) subject to paragraph (2), sent by email.
(2) A document may be sent by email from a person’s designated email address if the secretary to the inquiry has informed the person sending the email in writing—
(a) that he is willing to accept documents sent by email;
(b) of the email address to which the document must be sent; and
(c) if the secretary to the inquiry specifies an electronic format for the purpose, the document must be sent in that format.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/171/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-into-historical-institutional-abuse-rules-northern-ireland-2013/article-4
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