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Companies Act 2006,
Part 3
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Part 3 U.K.Communications in electronic form
IntroductionU.K.
5U.K.A document or information is validly sent or supplied to a company if it is sent or supplied in electronic form in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.
Conditions for use of communications in electronic formU.K.
6U.K.A document or information may only be sent or supplied to a company in electronic form if—
(a)the company has agreed (generally or specifically) that the document or information may be sent or supplied in that form (and has not revoked that agreement), or
(b)the company is deemed to have so agreed by a provision in the Companies Acts.
Address for communications in electronic formU.K.
7(1)Where the document or information is sent or supplied by electronic means, it may only be sent or supplied to an address—U.K.
(a)specified for the purpose by the company (generally or specifically), or
(b)deemed by a provision in the Companies Acts to have been so specified.
(2)Where the document or information is sent or supplied in electronic form by hand or by post, it must be sent or supplied to an address to which it could be validly sent if it were in hard copy form.
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