{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-further-methods-of-recovery-regulations-2026/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-further-methods-of-recovery-regulations-2026/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1069",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Further Methods of Recovery) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-further-methods-of-recovery-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Day on which a notice or order is given by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) A notice or order under Schedule 3ZA is given to a person by the Secretary of State on a day calculated by reference to the method by which it is given, as set out in the first column of Table 1, and the corresponding provision set out in the second column of Table 1.\nTable 1\nMethod of delivery\nDay given to the person\nFirst class post (or other service which provides for delivery on the next working day )\non the second working day after the day it was posted, or on the third working day after the day it was posted where paragraph (2) applies.\nSecond class post (or other service which provides for delivery within two to three working days)\non the fifth working day after the day it was posted, or on the sixth working day after the day it was posted where paragraph (2) applies.\nEmail\non the first working day after the day it was sent.\nAny other method\non the first working day after the day it was sent, posted or transmitted.\n(2) This paragraph applies where the notice or order is posted after 5.00 p.m. on a working day, or at any time on a day which is not a working day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 3ZA (non-working days) for the definition of “working day”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1069/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:54:12.169058+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}