Electronic service on a relevant authority

8.—(1) Where a relevant document which is to be given to a relevant authority is given by fax or other electronic means it must be sent to a fax number, e-mail address or other electronic identification—

(a)which has been notified to the sender by the relevant authority as the appropriate number, address or other electronic identification for the purpose of receiving relevant documents of the kind in question, or

(b)in all other cases, which has been published by the relevant authority for the purpose of receiving relevant documents.

(2) Where any provision of or made under the Act requires a person to give a relevant document to the Authority before the end of a specified period, that person may give that document by fax only if by the end of the business day following the day on which he did so, he sends a copy of that document to the Authority by any method other than fax.