Postal delivery of documentsE+W
251.—(1) A notice or other document may be sent by post in accordance with the provisions of this rule unless in any particular case some other form of delivery is required by the Regulations or these Rules or an order of the court.
(2) First class or second class post may be used to deliver a notice or other document except where these Rules require first class post to be used.
(3) Unless the contrary is shown—
(a)a notice or other document sent by first class post is treated as delivered on the second business day after the day on which it is posted;
(b)a notice or other document sent by second class post is treated as delivered on the fourth business day after the day on which it is posted;
(c)where a post-mark appears on the envelope in which a notice or other document was posted, the date of that post-mark is to be treated as the date on which the notice or other document was posted.
(4) In this rule “post-mark” means a mark applied by a postal operator which records the date on which a letter entered the postal system of the postal operator.
Commencement Information
I1Rule 251 in force at 12.11.2021, see rule 2