PART IXMISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Electronic working

Timing and location of things done electronicallyC1278

1

The Department may by order make provision specifying, for the purposes of any statutory provision contained in, or made under, this Order, the manner of determining—

a

the times at which things done under that statutory provision by means of electronic communications networks are done, and

b

the places at which such things are so done, and at which things transmitted by means of such networks are received.

2

The provision made under paragraph (1) may include provision as to the country or territory in which an electronic address is to be treated as located.

3

An order made by the Department may also make provision about the manner of proving in any legal proceedings—

a

that something done by means of an electronic communications network satisfies the requirements of a statutory provision contained in, or made under, this Order for the doing of that thing, and

b

the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) and (b).

4

An order under this Article may provide for such presumptions to apply (whether conclusive or not) as the Department considers appropriate.