Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe following is a simplified outline of this Act:
• For the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth, a transaction is not invalid because it took place by means of one or more electronic communications.
• The following requirements imposed under a law of the Commonwealth can be met in electronic form:
(a) a requirement to give information in writing;
(b) a requirement to provide a signature;
(c) a requirement to produce a document;
(d) a requirement to record information;
(e) a requirement to retain a document.
• For the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth, provision is made for determining the time and place of the dispatch and receipt of an electronic communication.
• The purported originator of an electronic communication is bound by it for the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth only if the communication was sent by the purported originator or with the authority of the purported originator.
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