Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016

187 Electronic delivery of notices etc. under this Part

(1) Any notice or document authorised or required under this Part may be given, delivered or sent by electronic means, provided the intended recipient—

(a) has consented (whether in the specific case or generally) to electronic delivery and has not withdrawn that consent, and

(b) has supplied an electronic address for delivery.

(2) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a notice or other document is presumed to have been delivered under this Part where—

(a) the sender can produce a copy of the electronic message—

(i) which contained the notice or other document or to which the notice or other document was attached, and

(ii) which shows the time and date the message was sent, and

(b) that electronic message was sent to the address supplied under subsection (1)(b).

(3) This section does not apply where some other form of delivery is required by rules of court or by order of the court.