In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006;

• “application” means an application under section 28A of the Act;

• “the landlord’s right of entry” means the landlord’s right of entry to the house concerned under section 181(4) of the Act;

• “the panel” means the private rented housing panel; and

• “the panel member” has the meaning given by section 28A(2) of the Act3.

In these Regulations where any formal communication requires to be served upon a party it is deemed to have been served on that party if it is served on a person who is acting as the representative of that party.

An officer of the panel appointed in accordance with Schedule 4 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 19844 may send a formal communication on behalf of the panel or the panel member.

Any requirement in these Regulations for a document to be signed by a person is satisfied, in the case of a document which is transmitted by electronic communication, by electronic signature of the person who is required to sign the document.

For the purposes of paragraph (4)—

• “electronic communication” has the meaning given to it by section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (general interpretation)5; and

• “electronic signature” has the same meaning as in section 7 of that Act.