# Pensions Act 2004, Section 305: Timing and location of things done electronically


(1) The Secretary of State may by order make provision specifying, for the purposes of any enactment contained in, or made under, this Act, the manner of determining—
(a) the times at which things done under that enactment by means of electronic communications networks are done, and
(b) the places at which such things are so done, and at which things transmitted by means of such networks are received.
(2) The provision made under subsection (1) may include provision as to the country or territory in which an electronic address is to be treated as located.
(3) An order made by the Secretary of State may also make provision about the manner of proving in any legal proceedings—
(a) that something done by means of an electronic communications network satisfies the requirements of an enactment contained in, or made under, this Act for the doing of that thing, and
(b) the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b).
(4) An order under this section may provide for such presumptions to apply (whether conclusive or not) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/35/section/305 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/section-305
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