Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5)

Valid from 01/01/2010

Part 2 S Notifiable diseases, notifiable organisms and health risk states

Supplementary provision S

18 Electronic notification S

(1) The requirement in sections 13(2), 14(2), 15(1) and (5) and 16(2) for information to be provided in writing may be satisfied by a document in electronic form—

(a) transmitted by electronic means; and

(b) capable of being reproduced in legible form.

(2) For the purposes of sections 13(2), 14(2), 15(1) and (5) and 16(2), a document transmitted in accordance with subsection (1) is to be taken to be received on the day of transmission.