Date when an application is taken as made

5.—(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.