6.—(1) Any document referred to in these Rules which requires to be–
(a)lodged with the sheriff clerk;
(b)intimated to a party; or
(c)sent by the sheriff clerk,
may be in electronic or documentary form, and if in electronic form may be lodged, intimated or sent by e-mail or similar means.
(2) Paragraph (1), so far as it permits any document to be in electronic form, or if in electronic form to be lodged, intimated or sent by e-mail or similar means, does not apply to–
(a)a certificate of intimation of service;
(b)a citation;
(c)a decree or extract decree of the court;
(d)a report of an attachment;
(e)a report of an auction; or
(f)an attachment schedule.
(3) Where any document is lodged by e-mail or similar means the sheriff may require any principal document to be lodged.
(4) The time of lodgement, intimation or sending shall be the time when the document was sent or transmitted.