19.—(1) Where an EIA report is submitted in relation to an EIA application by means of electronic communication, the applicant must also send two hard copies of the EIA report to the Scottish Ministers.
(2) Where an EIA report is submitted in relation to an EIA application by hard copy, the applicant must also—
(a)send an additional hard copy of the EIA report to the Scottish Ministers; and
(b)send a copy of the EIA report to the Scottish Ministers by means of electronic communication.
(3) If requested to do so by the Scottish Ministers, the applicant must send to the Scottish Ministers such further hard copies of the EIA report as the Scottish Ministers request.
(4) In this regulation references to “hard copy” or “hard copies” are references to copies of an EIA report sent other than by means of electronic communication.