SCHEDULE 10Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2002

1.  The existing provisions of rule 2 (interpretation) shall become paragraph (1) of that rule, and in that paragraph—

(a)after the definition of “document”, insert the following definition—

““electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1);”;

(b)in the definition of “questionnaire”, after the word “Rules” insert—

“, and for this purpose a form is taken to be supplied where the Secretary of State has published it on a website and has notified the local planning authority of—

(i)

publication of the form on the website,

(ii)

the address of the website, and

(iii)

the place on the website where the form may be accessed, and how it may be accessed;”.