248Timing and location of things done electronically
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision specifying, for the purposes of any of Parts 1 to 4 or this Part, the manner of determining—
(a)the times at which things done under any of Parts 1 to 4 or this Part by means of electronic communications networks are done;
(b)the places at which things done under any of Parts 1 to 4 or this Part by means of such networks are done; and
(c)the places at which things transmitted by means of such networks are received.
(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the manner of proving in any legal proceedings—
(a)that something done by means of an electronic communications network satisfies any requirements of any of Parts 1 to 4 or this Part for the doing of that thing; and
(b)the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c).
(3)Regulations under this section may provide for such presumptions to apply (whether conclusive or not) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(4)In this section “electronic communications network” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).