Paragraph 4 Effect of delivering information by means of electronic communicationF1

(1)

Any claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence which is delivered by means of an electronic communication shall be treated as having been delivered, in the manner or form required by any provision of these Regulations, on the day the conditions imposed—

(a)

by this Schedule; and

(b)

by or under an applicable enactment,

are satisfied.

(2)

The Secretary of State may, by a direction, determine that any claim, certificate, notice, information or evidence is to be treated as delivered on a different day (whether earlier or later) from the day provided for in sub-paragraph (1).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 9C inserted (28.10.2002) by The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (Child Benefit) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1789), arts. 1(1), 5, Sch.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Instrument substituted (29.11.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 12 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3178), Sch. 6 para. 1 (with reg. 3(1)(b), Schs. 21-23)