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22.—(1) This regulation applies in respect of electronic service of a notice on a person or an authority (“the recipient”).
(2) Transmission of the notice to the recipient by means of an electronic communication has effect for the purposes of service of the notice on the recipient if, and only if, the conditions in paragraph (3) are met.
(3) The conditions are that—
(a)the recipient has stated a willingness to receive notices by means of an electronic communication,
(b)the statement has not been withdrawn, and
(c)the notice was transmitted to an electronic address specified by the recipient.
(4) A statement may be limited to notices of a specified description.
(5) A statement may require a notice to be in a specified electronic form.
(6) A statement may be modified or withdrawn—
(a)in a case where the statement was made by being published, by publishing the modification or withdrawal in the same or in a similar manner;
(b)in any other case, by giving a notice to the person to whom the statement was made.
(7) Where a notice is served on a recipient in accordance with this regulation, the notice is, unless the contrary is proved, to be deemed to have been served on that recipient at the time at which the electronic communication is transmitted.
(8) In this regulation—
“electronic address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of receiving electronic communications;
“electronic communication” means an electronic communication within the meaning of section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (general interpretation)(1);
“specified” means specified in a statement made for the purposes of paragraph (3)(a).
2000 c. 7. The definition of “electronic communication” in section 15 was amended by Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).
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