Electronic and hard copy communications to a company
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Practice notesElectronic and hard copy communications to a company
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Practice notesThe Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) sets out how documents or information can be validly sent or supplied to a company (as defined).
For information on communications sent or supplied by a company, see Practice Notes: Electronic communications from a company and Hard copy communications from a company.
Transitional provisions
The statutory provisions relating specifically to communications to a company came into force on 20 January 2007, with the exception of CA 2006, s 333A which came into effect on 3 August 2009.
Means of communication
Documents or information to be sent or supplied to a company must be sent or supplied in accordance with the provisions of CA 2006, Sch 4.
A person may send or supply a document (as defined) or information to a company:
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in hard copy form
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in electronic form, or
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in any other form or manner agreed by the company
Communications in hard copy form
Meaning of ‘hard copy form’
A document or information is sent or supplied in hard copy form if
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