Rule 1.42 Postal delivery of documentsC1C2C3
England and Wales
A document is delivered if it is sent by post in accordance with the provisions of this rule.
First class or second class post may be used to deliver a document except where these Rules require first class post to be used.
Unless the contrary is shown—
a document sent by first class post is treated as delivered on the second business day after the day on which it is posted;
a document sent by second class post is treated as delivered on the fourth business day after the day on which it is posted;
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.
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.
Annotations
Modifications
- C1
Rule 1.42 applied (with modifications) (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (c. 12), s. 49(1), Sch. 4 para. 46 (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), Sch. 4 para. 12)
- C2
Rule 1.42 applied (with modifications) (30.9.2021) by S.I. 2014/229, art. 2(2A), Sch. 1A paras. 1(4)(5), 34(d), 38 (as inserted by The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Administration) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1048), arts. 1(1), 2)
- C3
Rules 1.18-1.58 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2024) by The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/229), rules 1, 5, 12-33, Sch. (with rule 2(2))
Notes on Chapter 9
Marginal citations
- M1
Section 246C was inserted by section 124(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26) and section 248A was inserted by section 124(4) of the same Act.
- M2
Section 379C was inserted by section 125(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and section 383(A) was inserted by section 125(4) of the same Act.