Article 87 Use of websites by postal administratorI1
Scotland
This Rule applies for the purposes of section 246B of the 1986 Act (use of websites)f1.
A postal administrator required to give, deliver or send a document to any person may (other than in a case where personal service is required) satisfy that requirement by sending that person a notice—
stating that the document is available for viewing and downloading on a website;
specifying the address of that website together with any password necessary to view and download the document from that site; and
containing a statement that the person to whom the notice is given, delivered or sent may request a hard copy of the document and specifying a telephone number, e-mail address and postal address which may be used to request a hard copy.
Where a notice to which this Rule applies is sent, the document to which it relates must—
be available on the website for a period of not less than 3 months after the date on which the notice is sent; and
must be in such a format as to enable it to be downloaded from the website within a reasonable time of an electronic request being made for it to be downloaded.
Where a hard copy of the document is requested it must be sent within 5 business days of the receipt of the request by the postal administrator, who may not make a charge for sending it in that form.
Where a document is given, delivered or sent to a person by means of a website in accordance with this Rule, it is deemed to have been delivered—
when the document was first made available on the website; or
if later, when the notice under paragraph (2) was delivered to that person.
Annotations
Commencement
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Rule 87 in force at 1.10.2016, see rule 1
Footnotes
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Section 246B was inserted by S.I. 2010/18, Article 3.