Working with Children (Screening) Regulations 2005

For the purposes of section 45D(3) and unless the contrary is proved, subregulations (2) to (6) prescribe the times at which a document is given if it is given by the method referred to in the relevant subregulation.

A document given to a person by the method described in section 45D(2)(a) is taken to have been given —

at the time the document is delivered to the person; or

if the person refuses to accept that delivery — at the time —

the document is placed down in the presence of the person; and

the person is told what the document is.

A document given to a person by the method described in section 45D(2)(b) is taken to have been given at the time the document is left at the person’s last known principal place of residence or ordinary place of business.

A document given to a person by the method described in section 45D(2)(c) is taken to have been given at the time the document would have been delivered to the person in the ordinary course of post.

A document given to a person by the method described in section 45D(2)(d) is taken to have been given at the time the document is sent by email to the email address specified by the person.

A document given to a person by a method described in section 45D(2)(e) is taken to have been given at the time agreed to by the person, if a time was agreed to by the person for giving a document by that method.