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  "heading": "Communication of applications, notices, etc.",
  "text": "The requirement in this Schedule that any application, notice or representation, other than an invitation to register or a registration response form, should be in writing is satisfied where (apart from the usual meaning of that expression) the text of it—\n(a) is transmitted by electronic means,\n(b) is received in legible form, and\n(c) is capable of being used for subsequent reference.",
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