16.—(1) Any notice or other document required or authorised by these Regulations to be served on any person may be served by—
(a)delivering it to that person in person,
(b)leaving it at that person’s address for service,
(c)sending it by first class post to that person’s address for service, or
(d)sending it by electronic means in accordance with paragraph (3).
(2) A document served in accordance with paragraph (1) is deemed to have been served and received—
(a)if it is delivered in person or left at the address for service—
(i)on a business day before 4.30 p.m., on that day;
(ii)in any other case, on the next business day after the day on which it was so delivered or left;
(b)if it is sent by first class post, the second business day after it was posted;
(c)if it is sent by email—
(i)if the email was sent on a business day before 4.30 p.m., on that day;
(ii)in any other case, on the next business day after the day on which the email was sent.
(3) A document may be served by electronic means—
(a)on any party if that party has—
(i)provided an email address for service, and that address has not been withdrawn, and
(ii)indicated the format in which documents must be sent, and
(b)on the secretary to the appeal panel, in any format which the secretary has indicated is acceptable.
(4) Where a party wishes to serve a document containing a statement of truth by email, that party should retain the document containing the original signature and serve on the secretary and other parties to the appeal a version of the document satisfying one of the following requirements—
(a)the document contains an accurate image of the signature of the person who has signed the statement of truth,
(b)the name of the person who has signed the statement of truth is typed underneath the statement, or
(c)the person who has signed the statement of truth has applied a facsimile of their signature to the statement in the document by electronic means.
(5) The appeal panel may require a party to produce the document containing the original signature.
(6) In this regulation—
“address for service” means—
in the case of the appellant, the address set out in the application for permission to appeal, under regulation 8(3)(c);
in the case of the respondent, the address given in the response under regulation 10(2)(a)(iii), or, where no response was given, in the respondent’s notice under regulation 13(6)(c);
in the case of any person intervening in the appeal, the address set out in the application for permission to intervene, under regulation 11(4)(d);
“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1) in any part of the United Kingdom.