# The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020, Article 165: Use of website by SMCL administrator to deliver a particular document


(1) This Rule applies for the purposes of section 246B of the 1986 Act.
(2) An SMCL administrator who is required to deliver a document to any person may (except where personal delivery is required) satisfy that requirement by delivering 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 the person to whom the notice is delivered may request a hard copy of the document with a telephone number, email address and postal address which may be used to make that request.
(3) An SMCL administrator who receives such a request must deliver a hard copy of the document to the recipient free of charge within five 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 until two months after the end of the SMCL administration proceedings or the discharge of the last person to hold office as SMCL administrator in those proceedings; 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 the document is first made available on the website; or
(b) when the notice under paragraph (2) is delivered to that person, if that is later.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/629/article/165 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-165
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