Article 1.38 Postal delivery of documents

(1)

A document is delivered if it is sent by post in accordance with the provisions of this rule.

(2)

A document delivered by post may be delivered to the last known address of a person.

(3)

First class or second class post may be used to deliver a document.

(4)

Unless the contrary is shown—

(a)

a document sent by first class post is to be treated as delivered on the second business day after the day on which it is posted;

(b)

a document sent by second class post is to be treated as delivered on the fourth business day after the day on which it is posted;

(c)

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.

(5)

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.

Notes on Chapter 9

Marginal citations

M1: Section 246C was prospectively inserted for Scotland by section 124(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26) and section 248A by section 124(4) of that Act.