Regulation 49 The CIO communications provisionsI1

The provisions of this Part (“the CIO communications provisions”) have effect for the purposes of any charity law provision that authorises or requires documents or information to be sent or supplied by or to a CIO.

The CIO communications provisions apply whether the charity law provision in question uses the words “sent” or “supplied” or uses other words (such as “deliver”, “provide”, “produce”, “transmit” or, in the case of notice, “give”) to refer to the sending or supplying of a document or information.

The CIO communications provisions have effect subject to—

For the purposes of paragraph (3), provision is not to be regarded as contrary to the CIO communications provisions by reason only of the fact that it expressly authorises a document or information to be sent or supplied in hard copy form, in electronic form or by means of a website.