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The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2003

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6.—(1) Section 336 of the 1990 Act (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), insert the following definitions at the appropriate places—

“address”, in relation to electronic communications, means any number or address used for the purposes of such communications;

“electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000;.

(3) After subsection (4), insert—

(4A) Where—

(a)an electronic communication is used for the purpose of serving or giving a notice or other document on or to any person for the purposes of this Act, and

(b)the communication is received by that person outside that person’s business hours,

it shall be taken to have been received on the next working day, and in this subsection, “working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holiday or other public holiday..

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