{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-1985-electronic-communications-order-2000/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-1985-electronic-communications-order-2000/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2000/0110186745",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 1985 (Electronic Communications) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-1985-electronic-communications-order-2000",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Definition of “address”",
  "text": "(1) The following definition is inserted at the appropriate place in section 262(1) of the 1985 Act (minor definitions)—\n““address”, except in section 228, in relation to electronic communications, includes any number or address used for the purposes of such communications”.\n(2) The following entry is inserted at the appropriate place in the index of defined expressions set out in section 262A—\n““address” section 262(1)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 262 was substituted by sections 1 and 22 of the Companies Act 1989, and has been amended in manner not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 262A was inserted by section 22 of the Companies Act 1989 and has been amended in manner not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2000/0110186745/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:27.981619+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."
}