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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006-correction-non-registration-or-mistaken-registration-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-26",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2017/566",
  "legislation_title": "The Commons Act 2006 (Correction, Non-Registration or Mistaken Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-2006-correction-non-registration-or-mistaken-registration-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Electronic communications",
  "text": "(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—\n(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\n(b) except where the other person is the determining authority, the other person consents to the notice or document being sent by those means.\n(2) A person who has provided an email address is to be treated as consenting to a document being sent by email.\n(3) A written representation pursuant to regulation 14 or 16 or reply under regulation 14 may be sent by means of an electronic communication.\n(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.\n(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).\n(6) For the purposes of this paragraph “document” includes a notice, document, information or evidence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/566/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:26:35.204422+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}