Clause 12

in subsection (1A), after “In addition,”, insert “and subject to subsection (2B),”;

after subsection (1A), insert —“(1B) In addition, and subject to subsection (2C), a summons issued for an offence under this Act or the rules may be served on an individual, a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated association by sending it by email to the email address of the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association (as the case may be) as specified in accordance with subsection (2C).”;

in subsection (2A), after “subsection (1A)(a) or (b)”, insert “, or a summons under subsection (1B),”;

in subsection (2A)(a), after “document”, insert “, or the summons,”;

after subsection (2B), insert —“(2C) A summons may be served by email as mentioned in subsection (1B) only if —

any of the following persons (as the case may be) gives prior written consent for the summons to be served in that manner:

the person on whom the summons is to be served;

the director, manager or secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate on whom the summons is to be served;

any of the partners or the secretary or other similar officer of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) on whom the summons is to be served;

the president, secretary or any member of the committee of an unincorporated association (or any person holding a position analogous to that of the president, secretary or member of the committee) on whom the summons is to be served; and

that person specifies in that written consent the email address to which the summons is to be sent.”; and

in subsection (4), replace “Subsection (1) does not” with “Subsections (1) and (1B) do not”.