SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Communications by a company

Part 3Communications in electronic form

Introduction

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A document or information is validly sent or supplied by a company if it is sent in electronic form in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.

Agreement to communications in electronic form

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A document or information may only be sent or supplied by a company in electronic form—

a

to a person who 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

to a company that 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 intended recipient (generally or specifically), or

b

where the intended recipient is a company, deemed by a provision of 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—

a

handed to the intended recipient, or

b

sent or supplied to an address to which it could be validly sent if it were in hard copy form.