Regulation 50
1. This Schedule applies to documents or information sent or supplied to a CIO but not to documents or information sent or supplied by one CIO to another.
2. A document or information is validly sent or supplied to a CIO if it is sent or supplied in hard copy form in accordance with this Schedule.
3.—(1) A document or information in hard copy form may be sent or supplied by hand or by post to an address in accordance with paragraph 4.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person sends a document or information by post if the person posts a prepaid envelope containing the document or information.
4. A document or information in hard copy form may be sent or supplied—
(a)to an address specified by the CIO for the purpose;
(b)to the CIO’s principal office as it appears on the register of charities.
5. A document or information is validly sent or supplied to a CIO if it is sent or supplied in electronic form in accordance with this Schedule.
6. A document or information may only be sent or supplied to a CIO in electronic form if—
(a)the CIO has agreed (generally or specifically) that the document or information may be sent or supplied in that form and the CIO has not revoked that agreement; or
(b)the CIO is treated by regulation 51 as having so agreed.
7.—(1) Where a document or information is sent or supplied in electronic form by electronic means, it may only be sent or supplied to an address—
(a)specified for the purpose (generally or specifically) by the CIO; or
(b)treated by regulation 51 as being so specified.
(2) Where a document or information is sent or supplied in electronic form by hand or by post, it must be sent or supplied to an address to which, if it were in hard copy form, it could be validly sent in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4.