{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-payment-schemes-electronic-communications-regulations-2002/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-payment-schemes-electronic-communications-regulations-2002/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3047",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Payment Schemes (Electronic Communications) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-payment-schemes-electronic-communications-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Effect of delivering information by means of electronic communications",
  "text": "(1) Information to which these Regulations apply, and which is delivered by means of electronic communications, shall be treated as having been delivered, in the manner or form required by or under any provision of the Social Security Acts, section 7 or 8 of the Employment Act 2002 or Article 8 or 9 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 if, but only if, all the conditions specified by—\n(a) these Regulations, and\n(b) any specific or general direction given by the Board,\nare satisfied.\n(2) Information delivered by means of electronic communications shall be treated as having been delivered on the day on which the last of the conditions imposed as mentioned in paragraph (1) is satisfied.\nThis is subject to the following qualification.\n(3) The Board may by a general or specific direction provide for information to be treated as delivered upon a different date (whether earlier or later) (than that given by paragraph (2).\n(4) In paragraph (1) “the Social Security Acts” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2836 (N.1.2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1992 c. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1992 c. 8."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3047/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:36:53.992571+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."
}