{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-1.49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-1.49.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1024",
  "legislation_title": "The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016",
  "path": "rule/1.49",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1.49",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This rule applies for the purposes of sections 246B and 379B (use of websites).\n(2) An office-holder who is required to deliver a document to any person may (except where personal delivery is required) satisfy that requirement by delivering a notice to that person which contains—\n(a) a statement that the document is available for viewing and downloading on a website;\n(b) the website's address and any password necessary to view and download the document; and\n(c) a statement that the person to whom the notice is delivered may request a hard copy of the document with a telephone number, email address and postal address which may be used to make that request.\n(3) An office-holder who receives such a request must deliver a hard copy of the document to the recipient free of charge within five business days of receipt of the request.\n(4) A document to which a notice under paragraph (2) relates must—\n(a) remain available on the website for the period required by rule 1.51; and\n(b) be in a format that enables it to be downloaded within a reasonable time of an electronic request being made for it to be downloaded.\n(5) A document which is delivered to a person by means of a website in accordance with this rule, is deemed to have been delivered—\n(a) when the document is first made available on the website; or\n(b) when the notice under paragraph (2) is delivered to that person, if that is later.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Sections 246B and 379B were inserted by S.I. 2010/18."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "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))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/1.49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:19:01.539785+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."
}