31.—(1) Any requirement under or by virtue of these Regulations for a person to give a notice to another person may be met by means of an electronic communication if—
(a)it results in the information contained in that notice being available to the other person in all material respects as it would appear in a notice given in printed form; and
(b)the other person consents to the information being sent by such means.
(2) In paragraph (1), “electronic communication” has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000(1).
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), “in all material respects” means in all respects material to an exact reproduction of the content of the information as it would appear in a notice given in printed form.