(1) For the purposes of any provision of or made under the Act which requires a person to give a document to the FCA, the PRA or the Bank of England ("the relevant regulator") before the end of a specified period, that person is to be regarded as having complied with that requirement (irrespective of the day on which the document is in fact received by the relevant regulator if it is sent by post, fax or other electronic means) if he sends the document to the Authority in accordance with any applicable directions given by that regulator before the end of the specified period or, where no such directions apply, if he -
(a) delivers the document to an employee of the relevant regulator with responsibility for the matter to which the document relates before the end of the specified period;
(b) leaves the document at the relevant regulator address before the end of the specified period, and obtains a time stamped receipt;
(c) posts the document to the relevant regulator address before the
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