3.22.—(1) The filing of a notice in accordance with rule 3.20 has the same effect for all purposes as the filing of a notice of appointment in accordance with rule 3.18.
(2) The appointment—
(a)takes effect from the date and time of the fax transmission or sending of the email; but
(b)ceases to have effect if the requirements of rule 3.20(9) are not completed on the next occasion the court is open for business.
(3) Where any question arises in relation to the date and time that the notice of appointment was filed with the court, it is a presumption capable of rebuttal that the date and time shown on the appointer's fax transmission report or hard copy of the email is the date and time at which the notice was filed.