Regulation 26 Electronic communications

(1)

Any requirement by or under these Regulations for a person to send a document to another person may be met by means of an electronic communication if—

(a)

it results in the information contained in that document being available to the other person in a form similar to the form in which it would appear in a document sent in printed form; and

(b)

except where the other person is the determining authority, the other person consents to the notice or document being sent by those means.

(2)

A person who has provided an email address is to be treated as consenting to a document being sent by email.

(3)

A written representation pursuant to regulation 14 or 16 or reply under regulation 14 may be sent by means of an electronic communication.

(4)

Any requirement in these Regulations for a document to be signed does not apply in the case of a document sent by means of an electronic communication.

(5)

Paragraphs (1) and (4) do not apply in relation to the appointment of persons to discharge functions of a registration authority and any subsequent revocation of such appointment (regulation 4) or the submission of an application form to a registration authority (regulation 5).

(6)

For the purposes of this paragraph “document” includes a notice, document, information or evidence.