Part 9

Miscellaneous and supplementary

Service of notifications etc and electronic working

Timing and location of things done electronically
305
1
The Secretary of State may by order make provision specifying, for the purposes of any enactment contained in, or made under, this Act, the manner of determining—
a
the times at which things done under that enactment by means of electronic communications networks are done, and
b
the places at which such things are so done, and at which things transmitted by means of such networks are received.
2
The provision made under subsection (1) may include provision as to the country or territory in which an electronic address is to be treated as located.
3
An order made by the Secretary of State may also make provision about the manner of proving in any legal proceedings—
a
that something done by means of an electronic communications network satisfies the requirements of an enactment contained in, or made under, this Act for the doing of that thing, and
b
the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b).
4
An order under this section may provide for such presumptions to apply (whether conclusive or not) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Ss. 303-305 modified by 2008 c. 30, s. 144A (as inserted (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 36(1), 38(4); S.I. 2012/1681, art. 2(2)(d))
Ss. 303-305 modified by 2008 c. 30, s. 144A (as inserted (30.6.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 36(1), 38(4); S.I. 2012/1681, art. 2(2)(d))
Ss. 303-305 modified by S.I. 2015/879, reg. 33 (as inserted (6.4.2016) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Charges and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/304), regs. 1, 12)
Ss. 303-305 applied (1.10.2022) by S.I. 1996/1715, Pt. 6 (as inserted by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/825), regs. 1(2), 2(2))