Article 1.44 Use of website by office-holder to deliver a particular document (section 246B)
This rule applies for the purposes of sections 246B M1 (use of websites).
An office-holder who proposes to satisfy the requirement to deliver a document to any person by making it available on a website in accordance with section 246B(1) must deliver a notice to that person which contains—
a statement that the document is available for viewing and downloading on a website;
the website's address and any password necessary to view and download the document; and
a statement that that person may request a hard copy of the document together with a telephone number, email address and postal address which may be used to make that request.
An office-holder who receives such a request must deliver a hard copy of the document to the person who made the request free of charge within 5 business days of receipt of the request.
A document to which a notice under paragraph (2) relates must—
remain available on the website for the period required by rule 1.46; and
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.
A document which is delivered to a person by means of a website in accordance with this rule, is deemed to have been delivered—
when it is first made available on the website; or
when the notice under paragraph (2) is delivered to that person, if that is later.
Section 246B(1) does not apply to a notice under paragraph (2).
In this rule “document” includes any notice or information in any other form.
Annotations
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- M1
Section 246B was inserted by S.I. 2010/18 and prospectively amended for Scotland by S.S.I. 2016/141.
Notes on Chapter 9
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- 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.