Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 1999 - SECT 3

                   The object of this Act is to provide a regulatory framework that:

                     (a)  recognises the importance of the information economy to the future economic and social prosperity of Australia; and

                     (b)  facilitates the use of electronic transactions; and

                     (c)  promotes business and community confidence in the use of electronic transactions; and

                     (d)  enables business and the community to use electronic communications in their dealings with government.