260.—(1) The administrator may deliver a notice to each person to whom a notice or other document will be required to be given, delivered or sent in the special administration which contains—
(a)a statement that—
(i)future notices or other documents in the special administration other than those mentioned in paragraph (2) will be made available for viewing and downloading on a website without notice to the recipient, and
(ii)the administrator will not be obliged to deliver, give or send any such notices or other documents to the recipient of the notice unless it is requested by that person,
(b)a statement that the recipient of the notice may at any time request a hard copy of any or all of the following—
(i)all notices and other documents currently available for viewing on the website,
(ii)all future documents which may be made available there,
(c)a telephone number, email address and postal address which may be used to make a request for a hard copy of a notice or other document, and
(d)the address of the website, any password required to view and download a relevant document from that site.
(2) A statement under paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to the following notices or other documents—
(a)a notice or other document for which personal delivery is required,
(b)a notice under rule 116 of intention to declare a dividend, and
(c)a notice or other document which is not delivered, given or sent generally.
(3) A notice or other document is delivered, given or sent generally if it is delivered, given or sent to some or all of the following classes of persons—
(a)members;
(b)contributories;
(c)creditors;
(d)customers;
(e)any class of members, contributories, customers or creditors.
(4) An administrator who has delivered a notice under paragraph (1) is under no obligation—
(a)to notify a person to whom the notice has been delivered when a notice or other document to which the notice applies has been made available on the website, or
(b)to deliver a hard copy of such a notice or other document unless a request is received under paragraph (1)(b).
(5) An administrator who receives a request under paragraph (1)(b)—
(a)in respect of a notice or other document which is already available on the website must deliver a hard copy of the notice or other document to the recipient free of charge within five business days of receipt of the request, and
(b)in respect of all future notices or other documents must deliver each such notice or other document in accordance with the requirements for delivery of such a notice or other document in the Regulations and these Rules.
(6) A document to which a statement under paragraph (1)(a) applies must—
(a)remain available on the website for a period of not less than two months after the end of the special administration or (if later) the release of the last person to hold office as administrator in the special administration, and
(b)must be in a format that enables it to be downloaded within a reasonable time of a request being made for it to be downloaded.
(7) A notice or other document which is delivered to a person by means of a website in accordance with this rule, is deemed to have been delivered—
(a)when that notice or other document was first made available on the website, or
(b)if later, when the notice under paragraph (1) was delivered to that person.
(8) Paragraph (7) does not apply in respect of a person who has made a request under paragraph (1)(b)(ii) for hard copies of all future documents.
Commencement Information
I1Rule 260 in force at 12.11.2021, see rule 2