{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-development-plan-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-development-plan-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/2839",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (Local Development Plan) (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-local-development-plan-wales-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Electronic communications",
  "text": "(1) Where, within these Regulations—\n(a) a person is required to—\n(i) send a document, a copy of a document or any notice to another person,\n(ii) notify another person of any matter; and\n(b) that other person has an address for the purposes of electronic communications;\nthe document, copy, notice or notification may be sent or made by way of electronic communications.\n(2) Where, within these Regulations, a person may make representations on any matter or document, those representations may be made—\n(a) in writing; or\n(b) by way of electronic communications.\n(3) Where—\n(a) an electronic communication is used as mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2); and\n(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 or other public holiday.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 15.10.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), section 1(1) and schedule 1, paragraph 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2839/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:05:34.953175+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."
}