The two new offences it created included one covering behaviour in and around football matches and the other was related to messages sentbypost or electronic means.
The aim of the pilot scheme is to speed up and simplify the whole process, although the defendant will still be sent documents bypost in case they are not connected to the internet.
Traditionally, an account was labeled abandoned when mail sent to the account holder's last known address got returned by the post office as undeliverable.