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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-part-8-request-for-consultation-order-2003/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-part-8-request-for-consultation-order-2003/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1375",
  "legislation_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 8 Request for Consultation) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-part-8-request-for-consultation-order-2003",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Date of receipt of request",
  "text": "(1) An initial request for consultation which satisfies the requirements of Article 4 is, unless the contrary is proved, deemed to be received as follows:\n(a) where left at an address, the next business day;\n(b) where sent by first class post, the second business day after the day on which it was posted;\n(c) where sent by second class post, the fifth business day after the day on which it was posted;\n(d) where transmitted by any means of electronic communication, the business day after the notice was transmitted over a public electronic communications network;\n(e) where delivered personally, the day it is delivered or if delivered after 5 p.m. or on a non-working day the following business day.\n(2) A non-working day is a Saturday, Sunday or a day which is a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom as a result of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1375/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:23:37.784354+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."
}