Regulation 4 Electronic communicationsI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where, within these Regulations—

(a)

a person is required to—

(i)

send a document, a copy of a document or any notice to another person,

(ii)

notify another person of any matter; and

(b)

that other person has an address for the purposes of electronic communications;

the document, copy, notice or notification may be sent or made by way of electronic communications.

(2)

Where, within these Regulations, a person may make representations on any matter or document, those representations may be made—

(a)

in writing; or

(b)

by way of electronic communications.

(3)

Where—

(a)

an electronic communication is used as mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2); and

(b)

the communication is received by the recipient outside that person’s normal office hours, it will be taken to have been received on the next working day; and, in this regulation, “working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday^f1 or other public holiday.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at 15.10.2005, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), section 1(1) and schedule 1, paragraph 1.