{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mutual-societies-electronic-communications-order-2011/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mutual-societies-electronic-communications-order-2011/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/593",
  "legislation_title": "The Mutual Societies (Electronic Communications) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mutual-societies-electronic-communications-order-2011",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In section 116 of the 1992 Act (interpretation), insert at the appropriate place—\n““ballot” means—\n(a) a postal ballot (within the meaning of paragraph 8 of Schedule 12),\n(b) an electronic ballot (within the meaning of paragraph 8A of that Schedule), or\n(c) a combined ballot (within the meaning of paragraph 8B of that Schedule);”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 18 in force at 12.4.2011, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/593/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:14:35.166045+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."
}