Part 7

Supplementary and final provisions

Documents

Timing and location of things done electronically
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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).