Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 14

    (1)     For a law of this jurisdiction, unless otherwise agreed between the purported originator and the addressee of an electronic communication, the purported originator of the electronic communication is bound by that communication only if the communication was sent by the purported originator or with the authority of the purported originator.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of a law of this jurisdiction that provides for—

        (a)     conduct engaged in by a person within the scope of the person's actual or apparent authority to be attributed to another person; or

        (b)     a person to be bound by conduct engaged in by another person within the scope of the other person's actual or apparent authority.

    (3)     The regulations may provide that this section does not apply to a stated electronic communication or stated class of electronic communications.

    (4)     The regulations may provide that this section does not apply to a stated law of this jurisdiction.