{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-98A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-98A.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1969/24",
  "legislation_title": "Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-northern-ireland-1969",
  "path": "section/98A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "98A",
  "heading": "Form etc of electronic documents",
  "text": "(1) A document or information required for the purposes of this Act 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.\n(2) For the purposes of this section, a document or information can be read only if—\n(a) it can be read with the naked eye; or\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 98A-98C inserted (6.4.2018 immediately after 2016 c. 16 (N.I.), s. 8(2) comes into force) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/323), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 23 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/24/section/98A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:52.392499+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."
}