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The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018

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25.  After Article 80 insert—

“Form etc of electronic documents

80A.—(1) A document or information required for the purposes of this Order, must, if sent in electronic form, be sent in a form, and by a means, that the sender reasonably considers will enable the recipient to read it and retain a copy of it.

(2) For the purposes of this Article, a document or information can be read only if—

(a)it can be read with the naked eye; or

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

Power of FCA or PRA to impose requirements as to form etc of electronic documents

80B.—(1) The FCA or PRA (“the authority”) may impose requirements as to the form, authentication and manner of delivery of documents sent electronically to it under this Order.

(2) As regards authentication, the authority may—

(a)require the document to be authenticated by a particular person or a person of a particular description;

(b)specify the means of authentication;

(c)require the document to contain or be accompanied by the name or registered number of the society to which it relates (or both).

(3) As regards the manner of delivery, the authority may specify requirements as to the hardware and software to be used, and technical specifications (for example, matters relating to protocol, security, anti-virus protection or encryption).

(4) The power conferred by this Article does not authorise the authority to require documents to be delivered electronically.

(5) Requirements imposed under this Article must not be inconsistent with requirements imposed by this Order or any other enactment with respect to the form, authentication and delivery of the document concerned.

(6) In this Article, a document is sent electronically if it is sent by electronic means or in electronic form.

Fees for inspection and copying of documents

80C.  The FCA or PRA may charge a person a reasonable fee before—

(a)allowing the person to inspect a document held by it in connection with this Order; or

(b)providing the person with a copy of such a document (or a copy of part of such a document).”.

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