The Planning (Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Insertion of definitions and interpretation provisions

2.—(1) Article 2 of the 1991 Order (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2)—

(a) after the definition of “the Act of 1965” there shall be inserted—

““address” in relation to electronic communications, means any number or address used for such purposes;”;

(b) after the definition of “electricity undertaker” there shall be inserted—

““electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001;”.

(3) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(2A) Where—

(a) an electronic communication is used for the purpose of giving or serving a notice or other document on or to any person for the purposes of this Order, and

(b) the communication is received by that person outside that person’s business hours,

it shall be taken to have been received on the next working day, and in this paragraph, “working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday.”.