SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Documents and information sent or supplied to a company
Part 3Communications in electronic form F2in other cases
Introduction
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A document or information is validly sent or supplied to a company F1by a person other than the registrar or the Secretary of State if it is sent or supplied in electronic form in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.
Conditions for use of communications in electronic form
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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 form
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1
Where the document or information is sent or supplied by electronic means, it may only be sent or supplied to an address—
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.
Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 3 heading inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 29(9)(b), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(w)