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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986-electronic-communications-order-2003/article-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/404",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Societies Act 1986 (Electronic Communications) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-act-1986-electronic-communications-order-2003",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Power of society to use electronic communications notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in its rules",
  "text": "In Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act (establishment, incorporation and constitution of building societies), in paragraph 3 (the rules), after sub-paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) Nothing in the rules of a society shall prevent the service of a notice or other document by the society—\n(a) by sending it electronically to an electronic address notified for the purpose in accordance with express provision made by this Act; or\n(b) by its publication on a web site in accordance with any such provision.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/404/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:30.768459+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}