Rule 169 Electronic delivery
Unless in any particular case some other form of delivery is required by the Regulations or these Rules or any order of the court, a notice or other document may be given, delivered or sent by electronic means provided that the intended recipient of the notice or other document has—
consented (whether in the specific case or generally) to electronic delivery (and has not revoked that consent); and
provided an electronic address for delivery.
Where an administrator gives, sends or delivers a notice or other document to any person by electronic means, it must contain or be accompanied by a statement that the recipient may request a hard copy of the notice or document, and specify a telephone number, email address and postal address which may be used to make such a request.
Where a hard copy of the notice or other document is requested it must be sent within 5 business days of receipt of the request by the administrator, who may not make a charge for sending it in that form.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a notice or other document shall be presumed to have been delivered where—
the sender can produce a copy of the electronic message which—
contained the notice or other document, or to which the notice or other document was attached, and
shows the time and date the message was sent; and
that electronic message was sent to the address supplied under paragraph (1)(b).
A message delivered electronically shall be deemed to have been delivered to the recipient at 9.00 am on the next business day after it was sent.
Paragraph (5) does not apply in respect of documents sent electronically under Part 2.