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.