(1) If, under a State law, a person is required to give information in
writing, the requirement is taken to have been met if the person gives the
information by an electronic communication in the circumstances stated in
subsection (2) .
(2) The circumstances are that—
(a) at the time the
information was given, it was reasonable to expect the information would be
readily accessible so as to be useable for subsequent reference; and
(b) the
person to whom the information is required to be given consents to the
information being given by an electronic communication.