Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 4

The following is a simplified outline of this Act:

        (a)     for a law of this jurisdiction, a transaction is not invalid because it took place by means of 1 or more electronic communications;

        (b)     the following requirements imposed under a law of this jurisdiction can generally be met in electronic form:

              (i)     a requirement to give information in writing;

              (ii)     a requirement to provide a signature;

              (iii)     a requirement to produce a document;

              (iv)     a requirement to record information;

              (v)     a requirement to retain a document;

        (c)     for a law of this jurisdiction, provision is made for determining the time and place of the dispatch and receipt of an electronic communication;

        (d)     the purported originator of an electronic communication is bound by it for a law of this jurisdiction only if the communication was sent by the purported originator or with the authority of the purported originator.