The Child Support (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications and Information) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022

Amendment of regulation 1 of the 1992 Regulations

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

3.  In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a)in paragraph (2), after the definition of “the 2000 Act”, insert—

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

(b)in paragraph (3)—

(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (a), omit “and”;

(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (b), insert—

; and

(c)any document or notice is given or sent to any other person, it shall, if sent by electronic communication, be treated as having been given or sent at the end of the first day after the day it was sent.

(1)

Section 15(1) was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), Schedule 17, paragraph 158.