7.—(1) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), wherever an applicant for a consent or renewal of a consent to which these Regulations apply or a holder of such consent is required under these Regulations to submit any document in writing or in written form, whether before or after consent is granted, the applicant shall submit that document both in writing and in an electronic form acceptable to the Scottish Ministers.
(2) A reference in these Regulations to anything done in writing or produced in written form which does not fall within the provisions of paragraph (1) includes a reference to an electronic communication which has been recorded and is consequently capable of being reproduced.