--(1) Where a claim form has been served by pre-paid post, it is deemed to be served, unless the contrary is shown, on the fourteenth day after it was posted.
--(2) If a claim is sent to a party's attorney-at-law who certifies that he accepts service on behalf of his client, the claim is deemed to have been served on the date on which the attorney-at-law certifies that he accepts service.
--(3) Where an appearance is entered, whether or not the claim form has been duly served, the claimant may if he so wishes treat the date of entering the appearance as the date of service.
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