Proof of delivery of documents
1.47.—(1) A certificate complying with this rule is proof that a document has been duly delivered to the recipient in accordance with this Chapter unless the contrary is shown.
(2) A certificate must state the method of delivery and the date of the sending, posting or delivery (as the case may be).
(3) In the case of an office-holder the certificate must be given by—
(a)the office-holder;
(b)the office-holder’s solicitor; or
(c)a partner or an employee of either of them.
(4) In the case of a person other than an office-holder the certificate must be given by that person and must state—
(a)that the document was delivered by that person; or
(b)that another person (named in the certificate) was instructed to deliver it.
(5) A certificate under this rule may be endorsed on a copy of the document to which it relates.
Section 246C was prospectively inserted for Scotland by section 124(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26) and section 248A by section 124(4) of that Act.