Date when an application is taken as made5

1

Unless the contrary is proved, an application is taken as having been made on the day the application is received.

2

The reference in paragraph (1) to the day on which an application is received is a reference—

a

in relation to an application transmitted by electronic communication, to the day on which it is transmitted,

b

in relation to an application sent by post, to the day on which the application would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.