The Energy Supply Company Administration Rules 2013

Electronic delivery of energy supply company administration proceedings to courts

166.—(1) Except where paragraph (2) applies or the requirements of paragraph (3) are met, no petition, application, notice or other document may be delivered or made to a court by electronic means.

(2) This paragraph applies where electronic delivery of documents to a court is permitted by another Rule.

(3) The requirements of this paragraph are—

(a) the court provides an electronic working scheme for the proceedings to which the document relates; and

(b) the electronic communication is—

(i) delivered and authenticated in a form which complies with the requirements of the scheme;

(ii) sent to the electronic address provided by the court for electronic delivery of those proceedings; and

(iii) accompanied by any payment due to the court in respect of those proceedings made in a manner which complies with the requirements of the scheme.

(4) In this Rule “an electronic working scheme” means a scheme permitting energy supply company administration proceedings to be delivered electronically to the court set out in a practice direction.

(5) Under paragraph (3) an electronic communication is to be treated as delivered to the court at the time it is recorded by the court as having been received.