Regulation 7
New regulation 3A
of Variable Capital Companies (Lodgment of Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
In the principal Regulations, after regulation 3, insert —“Receipt of submission3A.—
Without affecting regulation 3(3) and (4), any application, request or document transmitted by means of the electronic transaction system is considered to have been submitted to and received by the Registrar if the last byte of the transmission is received by the server designated by the Registrar for the receipt of such transmissions.
A person who files or lodges with the Registrar any application, request or document by means of the electronic transaction system may produce a record of transmission issued through the electronic transaction system together with a copy of the notification of acceptance of the transmission by the Registrar as evidence of —
the filing or lodgment of the application, request or document; and
the date and time the filing or lodgment took place.”.