Part 9Miscellaneous and supplementary

Service of notifications etc and electronic working

C2C1C3305Timing and location of things done electronically

1

The Secretary of State may by order make provision specifying, for the purposes of any enactment contained in, or made under, this Act, the manner of determining—

a

the times at which things done under that enactment 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 subsection (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 Secretary of State 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 an enactment contained in, or made under, this Act for the doing of that thing, and

b

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

4

An order under this section may provide for such presumptions to apply (whether conclusive or not) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.