26.1  'Lodgment' and 'lodging' mean delivery to the Judicial Office or to a member of the Judicial Office staff by post or in person during opening hours. Where the time for lodging a document expires on a Saturday, Sunday, bank holiday, or any other day on which the Judicial Office is closed, the document will be received by the Judicial Office if it is lodged on the first day on which the Office is next open.

26.2  Communications with the Judicial Office may be transmitted by fax or e-mail only in urgent circumstances. No document which is to be presented to the House or on which a fee is payable may be transmitted by fax or e-mail.