Use of electronic communication
8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any document required or authorised to be sent by one person to another under the provisions of these Regulations may be sent by post or by means of electronic communication and any reference in these Regulations, however expressed, to writing, other than the reference in regulation (3)(a), is to be construed as including a reference to a form capable of being stored on, transmitted to and from, and read by means of a computer.
(2) A dedication instrument may not be lodged with an access authority in accordance with regulation 5(4) by means of an electronic communication.