Section 148: Meaning of "electronic form", "by electronic means" etc

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 · 2014 c. 14View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 11: Miscellaneous and general

The following provisions apply for the purposes of this Act.

A document or information sent in electronic form must be sent in a form, and by a means, that the sender reasonably considers will enable the recipient—

to read it, and
to retain a copy of it.

For the purposes of this section, a document or information can be read only if—

it can be read with the naked eye, or
to the extent that it consists of images (for example photographs, pictures, maps, plans or drawings), it can be seen with the naked eye.

The provisions of this section apply whether the provision of this Act uses the word "send" or uses other words (such as "deliver", "issue", "produce", "provide" or "supply") to refer to the sending of a document or information.

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