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Version Superseded: 19/03/2024

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1.49.—(1) This rule applies for the purposes of sections 246B and 379B M1 (use of websites).

(2) An office-holder 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 office-holder 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 for the period required by rule 1.51; 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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M1Sections 246B and 379B were inserted by S.I. 2010/18.

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