19.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the day a request for the document is delivered shall, for the purposes of this Part, be taken to be, depending on the method of delivery—
(a)the day the request is served personally on the intended recipient;
(b)the day it would be delivered to the intended recipient’s address in the ordinary course of post or (if sooner), the day on which it is proved to have been so delivered;
(c)the day it is left at the intended recipient’s address;
(d)the second day after it is left at the document exchange of the person making the request or (if sooner), the day on which it is proved to have been so delivered; or
(e)the day it is sent by fax or electronic communication to the intended recipient’s address or (if later), the day on which it is proved to have been so delivered.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a request for a document is delivered to the Chief Land Registrar, the day the request is delivered shall, for the purposes of this Part, be taken to be the day it is delivered in accordance with, or under, the Land Registration Act 2002(1)—
(a)personally;
(b)by post, and is the day it would be delivered to the Chief Land Registrar in the ordinary course of post or (if sooner), the day on which it is proved to have been so delivered;
(c)by document exchange, and is the second day after it is left at the document exchange of the person making the request or (if sooner), the day on which it is proved to have been so delivered;
(d)orally; or
(e)by telephone, fax or other electronic method.
(3) For the purposes of this Part, where a request for a document—
(a)is made in parts, the day the request is delivered shall be taken to be the day the last part is delivered as described in paragraphs (1) and (2);
(b)is delivered more than once, the day the request is delivered shall be taken to be the first day on which a request is delivered as described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and
(c)is delivered using more than one method of delivery, the day the request is delivered shall be taken to be the day on which the first request is delivered as described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(4) In paragraph (1)(a), “served personally”—
(a)in relation to an individual, means leaving it with that individual;
(b)in relation to a business, means leaving it with an employee or owner of the business; and
(c)in relation to any other body of persons corporate or unincorporate, means leaving it with an employee or member of that body.
(5) References to a recipient’s address—
(a)in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) are, if the intended recipient is an individual—
(i)to his usual or last known residence; or
(ii)if his usual or last known residence is the property, to that address and an address (if any) at which it can reasonably be assumed he will be contacted;
(b)in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c), are if the intended recipient is a business or other body, to any principal or last known place of business from which a document of the type requested is usually or likely to be provided; and
(c)in paragraph (1)(e), are to any electronic address, identification or number published or provided by the intended recipient for the purposes of supplying the document requested.
An application for an official copy of an individual register, for an official copy of any title plan referred to in an individual register, for an official copy of a document referred to in the register and kept by the Chief Land Registrar or for an official copy of an exempt information document made under Part 13 of the Land Registration Rules 2003 may be delivered by post, document exchange or personal delivery to the proper office of the Land Registry as designated by the Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2003 (S.I.2003/2040) (as amended by S.I.2005/1765). Under rule 132 of the Land Registration Rules 2003, an application for an official copy under Part 13 of those Rules may also be delivered by any other means of communication during the currency of a relevant notice given under Schedule 2 to the Land Registration Rules 2003, and subject to and in accordance with the limitations contained in that notice. Current notices provide for oral delivery and delivery by telephone, fax and on-line.