# The Insolvency (Scotland) (Receivership and Winding up) Rules 2018, Article 1.44: Use of website by office-holder to deliver a particular document (section 246B)


(1) This rule applies for the purposes of sections 246B (use of websites).
(2) 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) a statement that the document is available for viewing and downloading on a website;
(b) the website's address and any password necessary to view and download the document; and
(c) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) A document to which a notice under paragraph (2) relates must—
(a) remain available on the website for the period required by rule 1.46; and
(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.
(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—
(a) when it is first made available on the website; or
(b) when the notice under paragraph (2) is delivered to that person, if that is later.
(6) Section 246B(1) does not apply to a notice under paragraph (2).
(7) In this rule “document” includes any notice or information in any other form.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/347/part/1/chapter/9/article/1n45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-scotland-receivership-and-winding-up-rules-2018/part-1/chapter-9/article-1n45
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