The Health Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 2003

[F1 Electronic communication U.K.

2ZA.— (1) A requirement in these Rules for a person to send to, or serve upon, another person (“the recipient”) any document may be satisfied by—

(a) sending it by post to the recipient; or

(b) transmitting it by electronic means to the recipient: this is subject to paragraph (2).

(2) But a document may only be sent or served by electronic means if the recipient has, in writing (which includes in electronic form), notified the sender and has not withdrawn that notification that the recipient is willing to receive documents of that kind by those means.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), where the intended recipient—

(a) is not the Council, the Committee or the Registrar, the recipient must provide the sender with the recipient’s e-mail address;

(b) is the Council, the Committee or the Registrar, the recipient must publish on the Council’s website an e-mail address or other electronic identification to which a document may be sent.

(4) This rule does not apply to an application for—

(a) admission to the register pursuant to rule 4:this is subject to paragraph(2) of that rule; or

(b) renewal of registration pursuant to rule 11:this is subject to paragraph (2)(b) of that rule.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Rule 2ZA inserted (3.10.2016) by The Health and Care Professions Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules Order of Council 2016 (S.I. 2016/693), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(2)