# The Insolvency (Scotland) (Receivership and Winding up) Rules 2018, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/347/part/1/chapter/9/article/1n39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-1/chapter-9/article-1n39
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